Volume IV: Magnificent Ms. Marvel
This will be the eighth chapter of Volume IV, this will fully introduce Kamala Khan who's made a couple unnamed appearances in Volume III, Kamala is a fifteen year old Muslim Pakistani-American girl from Jersey City who is secretly an Inhuman gifted with powers she's managed to kept hidden for too long as she's struggling to embrace being a hero, but she'll be force to step into action when a hero is needed to do good, especially with a new supervillain calling himself Discord is causing trouble all around Jersey City, but she pretends to be Captain Marvel for reasons unknown, her actions will attract the attention of Peter Parker as he's off to Jersey City to investigate who this new Captain Marvel is, Kamala will cross paths with Spider-Man as he learns much about her and is curious as to why she's pretending to be somebody else, she explains her reasons and fear as Spidey will encourage her to fully embrace the hero she's meant to be as the first Muslim superhero in history, they team up to stop Discord, everyone will soon learn who this new hero is, Kamala's destiny as a hero begins now. This will bring back Bruno Carrelli who's made an appearance in the past as Kamala's best friend and confidant, this will also introduce Nakia Bahadir and Zoe Zimmer as supporting characters.
"Hi everyone, my name is Kamala Khan, the hero called... Oops, spoiler alert, we're not there yet, I know that this is a Spider-Man story, but for today this is my story and... Okay, we're losing track here, let's all just take this to the very beginning. Why don't we press the rewind button and go back, shall we?" Kamala Khan narrating her story.
Eight Months Ago
The day is April 4th in Jersey City as everyone is going on living their lives in peace not knowing that this day is about to change for everyone, including for then fourteen year old Kamala Khan wearing a Captain Marvel shirt walking down the sidewalk with her best friend Bruno Carrelli who's wearing his work shirt and name tag, the two are heading towards the Circle Q convenience store down the block as Kamala is showing off the fanfic on her phone under her username "SlothBaby" she wrote recently about superheroes, including her favorite her Captain Marvel.
"Okay, check this out, in my new story, the Avengers are fighting off the evil sewer lizards underground, but there are too many of them to take on by themselves, as the sewer lizards are climbing out and everyone runs screaming for their lives, they all look up and coming down flying from the sky is the Mighty Captain Marvel, she came fast pummeling through a swarm of sewer lizards as everyone cheered for her arrival, the Avengers all came up to see the mightiest hero has saved the day. After they're done saving the day, everyone chilled out at their fancy tower celebrating their success thanks to Captain Marvel! So... what do you think?" Kamala asking for Bruno's opinion.
"Eh, it's not bad, though didn't Spider-Man fought lizards in the past?" Bruno said.
"Yeah, but I thought I'd spice things up for the readers, it's not everyday the Avengers save the world, especially Captain Marvel who's seems to be out there roaming around the universe fighting who knows what and saving a huge number of lives." Kamala said.
"I gotta admit, that woman can do it all." Bruno said.
Kamala smiled. "Yeah she can, she's amazing."
Kamala idolizes Captain Marvel as she's a mighty hero who saved the world several times with the Avengers and roams around space helping others on distant worlds, she's such an avid fan of superheroes but mostly Captain Marvel. All of a sudden she's getting a ring from her phone as she's getting a international FaceTime from Karachi, Pakistan, it's from her parents and her older brother at the airport over there, she answered the call and video chat with them.
"Hey Kamala!" Yusef, Muneeba, and Aamir Khan all smiled and greeted on FaceTime.
"Abu, Ammi, Aamir, still celebrating Ramadan over there?" Kamala smiled.
"We were, but we're at the airport awaiting our flight home, speaking of which are you still fasting?" Yusef Khan said.
"Yes Abu, I know the rules, stay fasting from dawn to dusk." Kamala said.
"Okay good, how are is your stay over at Nakia's?" Muneeba Khan said.
"It's great Ammi, I wish I could've been with all of you over there?" Kamala said.
"So do we Kamala, sorry your passport didn't arrive in time, apparently it was some kind of post office error." Yusef Khan said.
"But not to worry, we'll be back home soon, we've got you a souvenir, including some candy you'll like." Aamir Khan smiled.
"Thanks Aamir, you're the best." Kamala smiled with joy. "This souvenir, what did you get me?"
Aamir shows Kamala her new gift they got for her, a bangle, she felt joy as her brother got her something interesting from Pakistan, she's still on FaceTime as the airport speakers in the background are speaking. "Flight to New York is opening for boarding, be sure to have your tickets ready..."
"That's us, sorry to cut your short, but we're about to board, we'll be home soon, Kamala! I love you!" Yusef Khan about to hang up.
"I love you too, Abu!" Kamala managed to say her goodbyes before being hanged up.
Bruno looking at Kamala putting away her phone. "It's nice your folks are coming home soon."
"Yeah." Kamala's stomach is growling in hunger and catch Bruno's attention.
"You haven't had breakfast?" Bruno said.
"No, I overslept and woke up after sunrise, should've set my alarm to 5 AM." Kamala is feeling down.
"Tell you what, how about after sunset we go and get you a Gyro, my treat?" Bruno cheering Kamala up.
Kamala smiled. "Thanks Bruno, you're a true friend."
"Look at it this way, only a few days left of Ramadan and then you can go back to your old self again." Bruno being enthusiastic.
"Hopefully the gods will bless me." Kamala said.
"Here's hoping." Bruno said.
Kamala and Bruno bump fists until they heard a thunder crack coming from the sky, everyone around Jersey City can hear it too as they look up in the air to see something coming from space heading towards the atmosphere, the Terrigen Bomb launched from High Evolutionary's ship.
Kamala looking up stunned. "Allah."
Bruno looking up also stunned. "What is that?"
The Terrigen Bomb detonated and exploded in the atmosphere, dispersing Terrigen Mist from the sky all around the Five Boroughs including Jersey City as everyone is terrified by what's happening, they decided to run away before the mist fully reached the ground, Kamala and Bruno are running towards the Circle Q store as the mist rain down very fast and reached the surfaces as many people running are exposed to the mist and those who are most affected are undergoing Terrigenesis, they're becoming stunned as something is forming up all around them, incasing them in cocoons, the mist eventually reached Kamala and Bruno running, Bruno breathe in the mist but nothing is happening to him as he's perfectly alright.
Bruno looks confused and relieved. "Hey, I'm alright!"
"Bruno..." Kamala on the other hand is affect as it caught Bruno's attention. "I... I don't feel so good..."
"Kamala..." Bruno is concerned as Kamala is losing balance and he helps her out. "Easy, I got you."
Bruno put her arm around his neck as he's escorting Kamala towards the Circle Q store, he can see some people around the neighborhood are being encased in cocoons out in the streets, they finally made it inside the store as they're making their way towards the stairs to the top floor above until they finally made it to an empty room, he lays Kamala down on the chair, Bruno is then looking out the window to see some more people being encased in cocoons as he has no idea what's going on, only a selected few exposed to the mist are most affected while he and the others are unaffected for some reason, Kamala is having a hard time maintaining herself as she can feel something happening to her body, she's getting herself up as a cocoon is begin to form up around her, she's undergoing terrigenesis.
"Bruno..." Kamala whisper as she looks scared.
Bruno turns around and sees Kamala being formed into a cocoon. "Oh god... Kamala..."
Bruno rushed to help Kamala but it was too late as the cocoon fully consumed her, she's trapped inside as the cocoon began its work, to evolve her into something much more than human, Bruno is stunned as he couldn't do much for his friend.
"Kamala... KAMALA!" Bruno yells out in terror.
Bruno is saddened he was too late to help Kamala from going through whatever this is, he teared up and sat down on the corner of the room feeling that he failed to help her, he doesn't know how he's going to explain this to her family once they returned home.
(Three Hours Later)
Bruno is still staying behind looking after the cocoon that took his friend, he's still feels bad that he failed to help Kamala when she needed him the most, he's still sitting in the corner holding up his phone showing live news of the events that happened recently, many people are incase in strange cocoons all over the world.
"This is an unexpected day for the entire world, a strange mist has been deployed by bombs from space, it is still unknown what is happening to those who were affected, a number of people exposed to the mist are encased in strange cocoons and it is still too early to tell if the victims are alive or not..."
Bruno switched off the news and puts away his phone as he turns his attention towards the cocoon that took Kamala, but something strange finally happened as he heard a crack coming from the cocoon itself, it's starting to break apart slowly, he gets up and waits to see what's going to happen next, more cracks are forming up around the cocoon until a burst erupted and shattered the cocoon in pieces, Kamala is remaining standing all alive as her terrigenesis is finally complete, she's been reborn. Bruno is stunned to see Kamala is still alive but she felt like she's different somehow, she unconsciously shape-shifts right before Bruno's eyes as he became even more terrified by what she became, she turns her attention to Bruno looking at her differently for some reason as she's unaware she not quite the same.
"Bruno... I'm alive, but I feel... different somehow?" Kamala looks up Bruno all stunned and quiet for some reason. "Bruno? Bruno, what's wrong?"
"I think you should look yourself in the mirror." Bruno still stunned as he points to the mirror in the room.
Kamala turns her attention towards the mirror only to see a reflection of her hero Captain Marvel in her eyesight, Kamala is stunned as she moves in closer towards the mirror and wave her hand only to realize that she is Captain Marvel, Kamala has no idea how this is possible only for her to unconsciously shape shift herself back to her original form, she then realized that she has powers she never imagined, that mist changed her, turned her into something more than human.
Kamala is stunned and terrified."OH... MY..."
"Okay... let's skip this part, shall we? Time to fast forward to the present!" Kamala narrating her story.
(Present)
Today is November 6th, it's 7 AM in the morning in Jersey City at the Residence of Yusuf and Muneeba Khan, in the bedroom filled with decorations of superheroes such as a Spider-Man lamp, a figurine of the Hulk and a toy Iron Man helmet are on the desk along with some manga books, on the wall are a replica of Captain America's shield and a poster of Captain Marvel, fifteen year old Kamala Khan is still asleep in her bed with her sloth napping pillow despite the Thor alarm clock going off right now, giving off the sound of thunder, Kamala still remained asleep and covering her whole self in a blanket, her mother is calling her name "KAMALA!" from downstairs.
"And that's me, Kamala Khan, just your average everyday teenager, or at least as average as I tried to be, that is until now..." Kamala narrating her story.
Muneeba came up and opened the door. "KAMALA KHAN!"
Kamala suddenly got the urge to wake herself up upon hearing her mother's loud voice, she bursted herself out of her blanket and was awaken.
"I'm up, Ammi, I'm up..." Kamala panicking.
"Well come on, you're going to be late for school!" Muneeba Khan said.
"Okay Ammi, I'm going, I'm going." Kamala said.
Muneeba sighed as she closed the door to give her daughter some privacy to get ready for school, Kamala is getting off her bed and stretching her arms out while yawning, not knowing that she stretched them out too long, extending them across the room until they bumped the walls, Kamala panicked as she pulls them back in before anyone catches on to her secret that she's got powers and that she's an Inhuman.
"Oops." Kamala felt embarrassed.
Kamala made it to the bathroom as she looks herself in the mirror to see her face is still sleepy and her hair is a mess, she opens up the faucet and splash some water on her face, she then brushes her dark brown hair back to her regular hairstyle, after that she brushes her teeth, pour some water into her mouth and risen it until she spits it out onto the sink, minutes later she properly dressed herself up for school, she even picked up the bangle her brother brought from Pakistan and placed it around her left wrist, she picked up her backpack and walks out of the room heading towards the stairs, she then stopped herself as she forgot something, she walks backwards to her room to find her smartphone still on the drawer next to the bed, she stretched out her arm to reach and grab her phone, she pulls it towards her and walks away.
Kamala is walking downstairs to find her father Yusuf with her older brother Aamir wearing a work shirt as both of them are waiting for breakfast while Muneeba is still cooking, Kamala made her way to the table and sat down for breakfast as the TV is still on telling about the emergence of Inhumans in the past eight months since that day happen, this subject made Kamala nervous as she's an Inhuman.
"It has been eight months since that incident happened all across the globe, the rise of these remarkable beings classified as Inhumans have been growing in numbers, but now with the existence of mutants known to the world, it has been very difficult to identify and separate the two, while some Inhumans are adjusting to society by using their gifts responsibly, there are those who abuse them, including one who seems to exhibit cryokinetic powers, he seems to call himself..."
Yusuf Khan turns off the tv with the remote and sighed. "What a strange world we're living in, a lot of people with powers are everywhere these days, I'm sorry we were here when it happen, Kamala, can't imagine what you must've felt that day."
"It's okay Abu, nothing happen to me." Kamala felt a bit nervous as she lied.
Muneeba is coming to the table with a pan. "Ah, I see you're finally awake. Have you been staying up all night writing those silly fan fictions again?"
"Come on Ammi, it's not that big of a deal." Aamir being supportive of his sister.
"He's right, she just has a hobby she likes." Yusuf Khan said.
"It's no wonder she's has such an imagination for fantasies, you're all encouraging her, she's not going to stay a kid forever you know, eventually she'll need to start thinking about her future and what she's going to become in life." Muneeba Khan talking serious.
"Maybe I'll become a writer when I grow up, as you said Ammi, I got such an imagination." Kamala smiled.
"Can you please take this whole matter seriously, Kamala? You're fifteen years old and still a few years away till collage, I just want whats best for you." Muneeba Khan said.
"You don't think I can be something better in life?" Kamala said.
"Kamala, life isn't always about what we want, and no matter what we do and how hard we try, we all need to accept our own reality." Muneeba Khan said.
Kamala sighed. "I see..."
Kamala felt herself being down as she wanted to be more than what everyone expects her to be, but her own mother believes that nobody can change their fates, she still hasn't told her family that she was changed since that day eight months ago, she's an Inhuman with gifts beyond imagining, she has power to make a difference in life but she hasn't done it yet for obvious reasons. All of a sudden, a car was honking it horn outside as Kamala realized her ride is here, she quickly drank up the coffee from the mug and grabbed a toast from the table.
"That's Nakia, I better get going, see you all later, bye." Kamala is in a rush.
"Don't forget the fundraiser for the Mosque is later tonight." Muneeba Khan said.
"I won't, Ammi." Kamala said.
"Don't be an odd duck, Kamala." Aamir teasing his sister.
Kamala went to hug her Abu, then her brother, and lastly her Ammi as she took the toast in mouth and rushed out the door as her family waved Kamala goodbye. Eventually Kamala ran outside taking a bite of toast in her mouth to see her best friend Bruno Carrelli waiting on the sidewalk as her other best friend Nakia Bahadir at the passenger seat wearing her regular hijab while her mother is driving, both of them climbed into the back of the car as it drove them all to school. Bruno and Kamala are sitting in the back until Bruno's phone got a ping, he pulls it out to check out the recent news as Kamala got curious.
"What is it?" Kamala asking.
"I got this alert on the phone in case there's any news related to superheroes, and it turns out there's something happening right now in New York." Bruno said.
"Can you show me?" Kamala is interested.
Bruno is holding up the phone and playing live video from YouTube about an attack happening right now in New York involving a supervillain shaped like an armadillo causing trouble for the NYPD.
"We're here live in Downtown as the NYPD are doing their best to contain the threat, an unidentified individual resembling what appears to be an armadillo is causing havoc over here...
(New York City)
The news crew are still at the scene showing the events happening right nows as the NYPD are firing their guns at the individual is stealing the contents from the armored car, his back shell is too durable to be penetrated by bullets as Armadillo feels threatened by the police, he stopped himself from stealing cash as he turns around to see his enemies hiding behind some squad cars, he decided to deal with them first as he rolled himself up into a ball, he then charged himself at the cops as they're still shooting at the villain but became scared as he's rolling their way.
"INCOMING!"
Some cops hiding behind the squad car scattered away as Armadillo rolled up and crushed the car easily, he's still rolling around as many civilians including the news crew are getting nervous, they're running away while Armadillo rolls towards another squad car and crushed it, a few cops are still on the run as it's rolling their way for the crush, but Armadillo is rolling too fast about to crush them both, all of a sudden Ghost-Spider came in swinging and napped the cops away before that ever happened, coming in swinging is Spider-Man as he drop kicked Armadillo hard and knocking him out of balance, he lands down in a three point stance as Ghost-Spider landed to safety with the cops. Armadillo unroll himself and stands back up on his feet to see two heroes before him.
"Hey man, what's the big idea?" Armadillo speaking with a Spanish accent.
"I was going to ask you the same thing, Giant Roly Poly." Spider-Man said.
"The name's Armadillo, Amigo." Armadillo said.
"Okay... Armadillo, why are you stealing cash?" Spider-Man said.
"I can't get a decent job cause of this." Armadillo shows off his new physiology. "I'm very much unemployed right now, so just let me take the cash and nobody gets hurt."
"Well you did just try to roll over some cops, so you're pretty much cross the line into hurting people, and therefore we gotta stop you." Spider-Man said.
"Fine, let's start with you two." Armadillo raised up and showing off his clawed hands.
Armadillo runs up with his claw fingers ready to slash, he came up to Spider-Man first as the hero jumped away before he could get clawed, the hero is swinging in the air and firing a volley of webbing upon the villain's shell back but no effect, Armadillo is getting ticked off as he picked up a squad car with his mighty strength and tossed it towards the hero swinging, Spider-Man jumped away to avoid collision, Ghost-Spider on the other hand fired a couple of web lines on Armadillo's legs, she then yanked with all her strength forcing Armadillo off his feet and fell on his back, Spider-Man webbed up the squad car tossed in the air and tossed it back.
"Hey buddy, I think you lost this!" Spider-Man swinging around.
Armadillo is laying on his back until he spotted the squad car he tossed at Spidey being tossed back towards him, the car came crashing down upon the supervillain, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider joined up as they find Armadillo crushed beneath the car, they felt like they won but their celebration got cut short upon see the car being pushed off and Armadillo is getting back up and still able to fight, looking all angry.
"Big mistake, Amigo." Armadillo is angry.
Armadillo rolled himself back into a ball and rolls towards the two heroes as they're jumping away to avoid being crushed, but Armadillo is still rolling around heading towards some people nearby, the heroes swings on ahead and managed to nab some civilians before Armadillo ever reached them and got them to safety.
"We gotta do something Spidey, we can't leaving him rolling around, he's going to crush someone." Ghost-Spider said.
"I know, I got an idea, follow my lead." Spider-Man said.
Spider-Man charged in swinging as Ghost-Spider follow, Armadillo is still rolling around the streets attempting to crush something or someone, Spider-Man fired off some webbing on the ground as Armadillo is rolling towards it, his shell came upon contact as he's stopped rolling and became immobilized, he's attempting to unroll him.
"Ghost-Spider, kept him closed!" Spider-Man said.
Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider both fired off webbing at Armadillo's shell to keep him from unrolling himself back, the webbing managed to keep him closed and in his ball form as he's trapped, unable to break free, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider jumped down to see the supervillain has been neutralized.
"Hey! What the hell is this?! I can't move!" Armadillo still trapped in ball form.
"That's the plan, Amigo." Spider-Man said.
"Looks like our job is done." Ghost-Spider said.
"HEY! YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME LIKE THIS!" Armadillo is panicking.
"Don't worry, we're going to call some people to come pick you up, they're going to take you someplace where you can fit right in, it's called the Raft. Oh, when you get there, feel free to share your feelings with the group, okay Amigo?" Spider-Man said.
"Hey, we should get going. We're going to be late." Ghost-Spider said.
"Right, our job is done, time to go." Spider-Man said.
Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider swings away from the scene as Armadillo is neutralized and nobody got hurt, the news crew are still recording the event live as Spider-Man swinging towards a nearby building overlooking the scene where his camera has been placed, he took it and swings towards an alleyway, sometime later a motorcycle is riding out of the alley with Peter and Gwen on it as they're heading towards college.
(Jersey City)
The car is driving through Jersey City about to reach the school as Kamala and Bruno are still in the back of the car watching live news on the phone of Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider defeating Armadillo and saving the day.
"Looks like the streets of New York City are safe once agains thanks to the heroics of Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider, the criminal called Armadillo shall be taken to the Raft to pay for his crimes, life can go back to normal since we're quite fortunate to have heroes looking out for us."
"Yeah... wish we could have a hero here in our own town." Bruno Carrelli looking at Kamala.
Kamala knows where Bruno is going with this, a part of her doesn't disagree with him, Jersey City does need a hero, but another part of her wonders if everyone will accept the kind of hero she is, eventually the car made a stop next to the sidewalk across the street where the school is, Kamala, Bruno, and Nakia are getting out of the car with their backpacks for school.
"Thank you for the ride." Nakia telling her mother.
Nakia waved as the car drove away after dropping off the teens outside of their school, all three are crossing the street walking towards the entrance of Cole Academic High School, but a convertible was coming their way and made a sudden stop as all three are spook they almost got run over, driving the car is Josh Richardson with his girlfriend Zoe Zimmer riding shotgun.
"Hey! Look both ways before crossing, losers!" Josh Richardson yells out.
Kamala, Nakia, and Bruno all stepped out of the streets as the convertible passes by and parks itself in the parking lane, Josh is getting out as he walks towards the other side and opens the door for his girlfriend Zoe stepping out as the couple are walking towards the entrance passing by and ignoring the trio, the three entered the school and kept eyeballing the blonde girl walking beside her boyfriend as the whole school is watching the popular couple.
"Geez, what a dick." Bruno felt annoyed by Josh's attitude.
"Seriously, what does Zoe Zimmer see in that guy?" Nakia said.
"No idea, I used to know her." Kamala said.
"We both did, we were such good friends... she's changed." Nakia felt sad.
"These days Zoe only cares about popularity than anything else, even than hanging out with likes of us." Bruno said.
All of a sudden the school bells rings as class is about to start soon.
"We should get to class." Nakia said.
"Right, let's go." Kamala said.
Bruno, Kamala, and Nakia all walked away towards their assigned classrooms as they're passing by popular girl Zoe Zimmer getting her stuff from her locker as she spotted her two old friends passing by, she had the urge to say something to them but she couldn't, she still sees herself as the most popular girl and she's worries that she could undo everything by associating herself with two unpopular kids around her age, so she remains quiet.
"Hey Zoe, you coming?" Josh Richardson asking.
"Yeah, I'm coming." Zoe said as she closed her locker and walks to class with her boyfriend.
Time is 12:34 PM, Peter and Gwen are dining in at a diner nearby Empire State University for lunch, having milkshakes and fries as Peter is eyeballing his camera and looking at the shots it took earlier of him and Ghost-Spider fighting Armadillo, they're all perfect to sell for some cash.
"Still admiring your work." Gwen smiled.
"Don't you mean our work? Couldn't done it without you." Peter smiled.
"Let me guess, you plan to sell those for some cash?" Gwen said.
"You know too well Gwen, yeah, I'm going to print these after school and head to the Bugle to sell for some money." Peter said.
"Are you sure that's a good idea, Pete? They may not be too happy to see you once they find out you're working on the side for the Globe." Gwen said.
"Hey, I had to sell some photo for some extra cash, living here ain't cheap, I'm sure they'll understand." Peter said.
"Okay, it's your funeral." Gwen teasing a bit until she get's serious about something else. "By the way, has there been any sign of Venom?"
"Nothing, it's been weeks and Eddie Brock is nowhere to be found, chances are he might've left town, where exactly still I don't know." Peter said.
"That's a good thing, right, it means he's not causing trouble for anyone, including us." Gwen said.
"I hope so, but when it comes to symbiotes I always gotta worry." Peter said.
"You worry too much Pete, you can't always solve every problem no matter how hard you try." Gwen said.
"It's what I do Gwen, it like my uncle say, with..." Peter about to quote.
"With Great Power comes Great Responsibility, I know Pete, that's what I love about you, your willingness to do what's right. But there are other heroes out there in the world because you inspired them to step up and follow your examples, I'm sure there is someone just like you out there somewhere, someone with your character, someone with heart." Gwen said.
Peter smiled. "Yeah, I wonder where I'll ever find someone like that."
Later it's 2:45 PM in Jersey City at Coles Academic High School as the school bell rang and everyone is getting up and grabbing their stuff to head on home for the day, including Kamala Khan coming out and walking down with her two best friends Bruno and Nakia as the speakers are on, "Attention students, just a reminder that this school has volunteers for the fundraiser at the local Mosque, don't forget to show up for some support, thank you and enjoy your day.", the trio eventually made it out of school and stands outside on campus grounds.
"So you're both coming to the fundraiser?" Nakia asking her friends.
"Of course." Bruno is going.
"Wouldn't miss it, my family is going to be there too." Kamala said.
"Come on Zoe!" Josh Richardson coming out following Zoe.
Kamala, Bruno, and Nakia noticed the argument between Zoe and Josh, so did the rest of the school as they're having some kind of problem.
"Josh, let's not talk about it!" Zoe arguing.
"Why don't you want to talk about it?!" Josh arguing.
"Josh, I just... think we need a break from each other." Zoe said.
"A break? Are you saying you wanna break up with me?" Josh is stunned.
"Josh... I... think we should end this right now, I'm sorry." Zoe said.
Josh is stunned by this news as did the entire school as Zoe Zimmer just broke up with Josh Richardson in front of everyone, Zoe said nothing as she walks away heading home on her home as Josh is left alone knowing that his own girlfriend just broke up with him for some strange reason without telling him why, Kamala, Nakia, and Bruno are surprised by this unexpected turn of events.
"Wow, I did not see that coming." Bruno looked surprised.
"What was that all about?" Kamala is curious.
"Don't know, maybe she just wasn't into Josh anymore. Who knows?" Bruno is clueless.
"Anyway, I should head on home." Kamala said.
"Kamala, before you go, can you stop by the Circle Q first?" Bruno said.
"For what?" Kamala said.
"There's something I wanna show you, something interesting." Bruno has a surprise.
"Sure thing Bruno, I got some time left to spare." Kamala said.
"Okay, let's go." Bruno said.
"See ya at the Mosque, Nakia." Kamala said before leaving.
"Bye Kamala." Nakia waved to her friend.
Bruno and Kamala are walking together as Nakia stayed behind alone and looks upon Zoe still walking alone as she can't help but feel some level of concern for her despite the two of them not being on friendly terms with each other.
It's 3:16 PM at the local convenience store the Circle Q, Bruno is at the cash register as a customer is buy snacks, Kamala is at the slushie machine pouring in a blue raspberry slushie into the cup til it's full and placed a lid over it with a straw as she slurps it into her mouth, Bruno has finished checking out the customer and handing them their change as Kamala walks over to her best friend at the cash register and hands him the money to pay for the slushie.
"Okay Bruno, what is this interesting thing you wanted to show me?" Kamala is curious as she slurp her slushie.
"Follow me." Bruno said.
Bruno walks up to the front door and put out a sign saying "CASHIER ON BREAK", afterwards he and Kamala made their way up the stairs towards the room above the Circle Q as Bruno walks up to something covered up underneath the sheets as Kamala is curious as to what the surprise is.
"Okay, what's the surprise?" Kamala is itching with curiosity.
"Alright, you remember that summer I went to science camp, during that time I thinking about a project and then it hit me, I developed a new type of polymer, extremely flexible." Bruno explains his new project.
"That's great Bruno, but what's this got to do with me?" Kamala said.
"I'm getting to that, I though to myself that this could be very useful to create a suit, which is why I spent months creating a masterpiece, and..." Bruno then unveil the surprise. "Voila!"
Bruno shows off the new suit for Kamala made entirely out of biokinetic polymer, it's mostly blue and red with some yellow on it, including a symbol resembling a lightning bolt in the middle, complete with an eye mask and a red scarf, Kamala's eyes widen upon gazing upon the new suit in her size.
"What... what's with the suit?" Kamala asking about the suit.
"It's for you, I'd figure with the biokinetic polymer, it'll work well with your powers, you know... just in case you want to hero up." Bruno explained the reason he created it.
Kamala look towards the crest on the suit. "What's with the 'S'?"
"It's not an 'S', it's a symbol." Bruno said.
Kamala look confused. "For what?"
"For you." Bruno said.
"Oh... It still looks like an 'S' to me." Kamala being silly.
"Oh, I'm sorry I'm not that good of a designer for costumes." Bruno smiled.
Kamala smiled. "It's okay, it's perfect."
"So... what do you think?" Bruno asking.
"Look Bruno, I appreciate what you did for me and don't get me wrong, I did think about being hero and I love the idea, I really do." Kamala said.
"But..." Bruno figured there's a but.
"I can't." Kamala refused.
"Why not? You had these powers for months and you haven't even used them for heroic actions. So what's holding you back?" Bruno said.
Kamala sighed uneasy. "You wouldn't understand."
"Understand what? Kamala, I'm the only one who knows your secret for months and I never told anyone, not your family, not even Nakia." Bruno said.
"And I appreciate your trust, Bruno, and trust me, I did think about being a hero everyday, but..." Kamala is being conflicted.
"But what, Kamala?" Bruno said.
"It's nothing... I should head on home... see ya later Bruno, appreciate the suit." Kamala said as she's walking away.
Bruno is watching Kamala leaving as a part of him is still wondering why she's holding back in being a superhero, she has the power and the opportunity to be a superhero and she chose not pursue it for some strange reason. Kamala herself has always dreamt about being a hero like Captain Marvel, but a part of her wonders if everyone is ready to accept a hero like her, so she decided to remain as normal as possible and go on with her regular routine in life.
Time is 3:35 PM back in New York City at the Daily Bugle, Peter Parker is coming out of the elevator with a folder in his hand as he's walking up to Glory Grant at the desk outside of Robbie's new office working as a secretary, she's chatting with Betty Brant as they've spotted their friend Peter Parker with a folder in his hand as they're both about to give him the look as they know about him working for the Globe.
"Hey Betty, Glory." Peter being friendly.
"Oh, so you do work here after all, huh?" Glory said uneasy.
"Meaning?" Peter said.
"We thought you traded us for the Globe by selling them great pics." Betty giving the look.
"You got some nerve coming here, Parker." Glory giving the look too.
"Hey, I'm still a freelancer, not a staff photographer, I do need to make a living earning money, living in New York ain't cheap, but if the Bugle isn't interested in these new pics I got, then..." Peter justify his actions.
Betty and Glory smirked as they giggled as Peter is very confused.
Betty giggled. "We're just playing with you, Pete."
"Can't believe you felt for it." Glory smiled.
"Ha, ha, hilarious... if you're all done getting it out of your systems, care to let Robbie know I got some pics to sell." Peter said.
"Yeah, hold on." Glory press the phone. "Mr. Robertson, Peter Parker is here to see you."
"Thank you Ms. Grant, send him in." Robbie Robertson on the phone.
"Sure thing, you can go on it." Glory said.
"Thanks Glory." Peter said.
Peter then leaves Betty and Glory as he enters the office of the new editor-in-chief Robbie Robertson sitting at the desk and chair formerly owned by J. Jonah Jameson who left he Bugle to lead the city as Mayor, Robbie spotted Peter entering his office.
"Parker, didn't think you'd come back to the Bugle." Robbie Robertson said.
"Yeah, yeah, Betty and Glory already gave me that same treatment about me working for the Globe." Peter said.
"Well, lucky for you I'm the new boss now, if Jonah was still in charge, he'd be very pissed. So... what do you got?" Robbie Robertson being friendly.
"These." Peter hands Robbie the folder as he looks through the photos. "Pics of Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider taking down Armadillo."
Robbie smiled looking at the photos. "These are impressive as always, I'll pay you 500."
"Deal." Peter said.
Robbie smile as he writes a check and hands it to Peter.
"Pleasure doing business as always, Mr. Robertson." Peter said.
"It's just Robbie and I'm still your boss." Robbie Robertson said.
"Sure thing... boss." Peter teases as he's leaving the office, Robbie rolled his eyes and smiled..
It's 4:01 PM at the Khan Residence in Jersey City as Kamala Khan is walking up to her home thinking about the suit her friend Bruno made, she's still conflicted in whether she should be a hero or not, she just returned home to find her parents being busy getting ready for the fundraiser at the Mosque while her brother Aamir is on the phone talking with his someone as Kamala smiled, she got a pretty good idea who he's talking to.
"So... see you at the Mosque?" Aamir smiled until he spotted his sister coming in and he tries to be discreet. "Okay, see you soon. Love you."
Kamala see Aamir hanging up "Who was that?"
"No one." Aamir before walking away.
Kamala smiled as she teased. "Tell Tyesha I said hello!"
Aamir rolled his eyes and smiled as Muneeba spotted her daughter here at home.
"Quit bothering your brother, Kamala." Muneeba Khan said.
"I'm just saying Ammi that he's been dating her for three years, when do you think he'll pop the question?" Kamala said.
"He's twenty-one years old and still in college, he'll propose when he's ready. You should be more worried about your own future, I hope you'll grow out your odd duck lifestyle to impress a guy one day, maybe get married and be a good wife." Muneeba Khan said.
"Don't push her Muneeba, Kamala is still a teenager, let her enjoy her time while she still can." Yusuf Khan said.
"Fine, I just hope once she ages out, she'll start to grow up. Now if you'll excuse me, I should get ready for the Mosque." Muneeba Khan excuse herself and headed upstairs.
Muneeba is walking upstairs as Yusuf could see that something is up with Kamala that made her quiet.
"Everything okay, Beta?" Yusuf Khan said.
"Why do you say that, Abu?" Kamala said.
"Cause I know you when you're putting on that face." Yusuf Khan being a silly dad.
"What face?" Kamala said.
"That 'something is on your mind' face." Yusuf Khan smiled as Kamala giggled.
"Don't worry Abu, I'm good." Kamala is about to walk to the stairs til she stopped and looks back at her father. "Can I ask you something?"
"Anything." Yusuf Khan said.
Kamala has an uneasy question. "Before I was born, when you and Ammi moved out here from Pakistan with Aamir,... did you worry that you wouldn't fit in here, in America?"
"What kind of question is that, Beta?" Yusuf Khan is surprised.
"Just... curious." Kamala being uneasy.
"I admit that it was very challenging for us, moving out here in a country very far away from home, learning a new language, trying to adjust to a society very different from our own, but with much time and hard work, we did it, we made this our home and provided a better life for Aamir, then a few years later we had you Beta, our miracle." Yusuf Khan said.
"I just meant that... did you ever worry that other people wouldn't accept you?" Kamala said.
"Kamala, our faith teaches us that everybody is equal, no matter where we come from, I know it hasn't been easy for those who practice in our beliefs despite what others think, but we do have rights here just like everyone else who live on this planet." Yusuf Khan said.
"So how do you show everyone that you're... good?" Kamala still uneasy.
Yusuf Khan gave a warm smile. "Kamala... good is not a thing you are... it's a thing you do... and trust me, I know you'll do plenty good in life."
Kamala smiled warmly. "Thanks Abu, I needed that."
"I'm always here for you, being a supportive father... now get ready, we're leaving soon." Yusuf Khan smiled.
Kamala smiled and felt better after having a chat with her father sharing some wisdom, she made her way upstairs towards her bedroom where all the superheroes decorations are still in place, she thought about what her father said about her doing some good in life, her whole life changed months ago when she acquired her new powers, she knows that she has the power to do good in life just like the superheroes she worships, but a part of her still wonders if she's got the courage to do good when the time comes, for now she's getting ready for the fundraiser at the local mosque.
Time is 7:45 PM at the local mosque called the Islamic Masjid of Jersey City, the whole Muslim community showed up for support, the Imam of the mosque Sheikh Abdullah is shaking hands with some who are willing to donate for the mosque, the volunteers from Cole Academic High School are doing their part in helping out, Nakia is doing her part in leading the work her fellow students are doing, Bruno is among them helping out with Kamala, her family is here including her brother with his girlfriend Tyesha Hillman as they're walking around checking out the mosque but stopped as a few kids came running past them carelessly.
"Whoa, is this what it's like here?" Tyesha Hillman smiled.
"Sometimes." Aamir said.
The kids are running past Kamala and Bruno grabbing some gyros and headed into the Mosque itself, Kamala and Bruno got their gyros as Kamala is the first one to take the bite out of hers too quickly as it doesn't seemed to surprise Bruno.
Kamala is chewing until Bruno is giving her the look. "What?"
"Nothing, it's the third gyro you had today, not to mention the amount of slushies you had, you've developed quite an appetite ever since you..." Bruno was about to speak until Kamala got her hand on his mouth.
"Ssh, don't say it." Kamala whisper before removing her hand over Bruno's mouth.
"Sorry... I mean since... you know..." Bruno is whispering.
"I know what you meant, guess having these gifts made me crave so much calories to fuel the tank." Kamala said.
"Not to mention you seem to have a higher metabolism than ever before, it's amazing how much calories your body can take in and burn so fast." Bruno said.
Kamala and Bruno are still chatting together as coming onto mosque grounds is Zoe Zimmer, she's still dealing with the fact she just dumped Josh, she just felt like getting out and checking out her classmates helping out a lot, something to keep her mind off the breakup, Nakia is still leading the volunteers as she just spotted Zoe coming alone and looking around, she's worried for Zoe as she excused herself from the volunteer group and went to check on her to see if she's alright.
"Zoe?" Nakia asking and got Zoe's attention. "What are you doing here?"
"Most of our school are volunteering here, where else would I be? Just wanted to show some support, though it seems like you've got things in hand around here." Zoe said.
"Yeah, given that I go to the mosque more often, it makes more sense I'd be the one in charge to keep things organized." Nakia said.
"It's impressive work you're doing around here, they could'n't have picked a better leader." Zoe is impressed.
"Thanks..." Nakia is curious about what's going on with Zoe. "Is everything alright?"
"Meaning?" Zoe said.
"The sudden breakup." Nakia said.
"Oh, you know." Zoe said.
"Pretty much the whole school knows, you did dump him in front of everybody." Nakia said.
"Right." Zoe said.
"Listen, I know that we hardly see eye-to-eye, but if there's anything you need to get off your chest, I'm here." Nakia said.
Zoe work up the courage to talk. "Okay, Josh is very popular and all, being with him would make sense for a popular girl like me, but... I'm just not into him, you know? I just couldn't go on being in a relationship with him despite feeling unhappy, so I..."
"You chose to be honest about your feelings and decided to end things so that you can find happiness with someone." Nakia said.
Zoe smile warmly. "Exactly."
"You did the right thing Zoe, you need to follow your heart and one day you'll find someone who'll make you whole." Nakia smiled before she finished saying everything she needed to say.
"Hey Nakia." Zoe calling out Nakia as she stops and looks back at her. "Thank you... for listening and everything."
"Sure thing." Nakia smile warmly as she walks away.
Zoe felt a lot better after having a friendly chat with Nakia despite the two have been distant for sometime, she felt like there's still some spark of friendship left between them. Way up on the rooftop of the mosque, some kids standing at a safe distance as one of them is carelessly climbing near the ledge trying to be a daredevil with a phone in his hand. Meanwhile Sheikh Abdullah is coming up to the mike as the whole crowd gather around together to listen as he's testing the mike first with a couple of taps.
"Welcome everyone, I like to thank the entire community making the time to support us, and I also wanted to give a very big thanks to the young kids of Coles Academic High School for volunteering to help our community, they deserve the credit, let's give them an applause." Sheikh Abudllah smile as he claps his hands together.
The whole crowd clap their hands for the volunteers of Coles Academic High School, Zoe is among the crowd clapping hands, Bruno and Kamala are clapping along with the Khans and Aamir's girlfriend Tyesha. Meanwhile as the whole crowd are clapping their hands, up on the rooftop the daring kid standing at the ledge on the wall of the mosque as he holds up his smartphone to take a selfie, he smiled and clicked, but his foot slipped as he screams and falls off, but he managed to cling his hands onto the ledge but his smartphone fell down hard and cracked into pics, he's not out of danger as he looks down to see that he's very high up from the ground.
"HELP!"
The whole community heard screaming as they rushed away to find the source til they made it to the other side of the corner to find a smashed smartphone on the ground, they heard screaming from above as everyone sees a boy holding onto the ledge as much as he can, he's in serious danger and barely holding on as it's only a matter of time til he loses his grip and falls down, everyone is terrified for his life, Kamala and Bruno are looking up as Bruno then turns to Kamala as he know one person who's capable of saving that boy.
"Kamala." Bruno whisper.
Kamala turns to Bruno as he's giving here the sign to walk away discreetly from the crowd looking up at the boy screaming for help, she follows after him as they found someplace nearby to hideout away from any eyes and ears.
"Okay, we're alone Bruno." Kamala said.
"You gotta do something, Kamala." Bruno said.
"What?! Why me?" Kamala said.
"You're the only one who can save him, you gotta do something." Bruno trying to persuade.
Kamala is feeling conflicted. "Bruno..."
"Kamala, you have the power to save lives, to do real good... please." Bruno pleading with her.
Kamala is feeling conflicted whether to intervene or not, she has her reasons not to be a superhero, but she can't ignore that an innocent boy is in serious danger and only she has the power to save him before it's too late, with her powers she can do, she can do good just like her father taught her.
Kamala took a deep breath. "Okay... but I can't let anyone see me."
"What do you suggest?" Bruno is curious.
"Stand back, I'm about to do something I haven't done in a while, I hope." Kamala said.
Bruno stands away giving Kamala some space as she's about to perform something, she can't go out as herself as her parents are there, not to mention there are people with smartphones recording everything, she'll need to do something to hide her identity.
"Come on Kamala... you can do this." Kamala said to herself.
Kamala closes her eyes as she's trying to tap into her powers, her whole body is undergoing a change right before Bruno's eyes as her clothes are turning into a costume, her hair is turning blonde and her skin is becoming light, a red eye mask formed around the face, Kamala shape-shift herself into her favorite hero Captain Marvel.
"Whoa, I haven't seen that in a while." Bruno is stunned.
Kamala as Captain Marvel smiled but they got cut as the boy is still screaming, Bruno told her "GO!", she rushed out of hiding and took the risk of showing herself before everyone, the boy's fingers are starting to slip away one by one until he eventually lost his grip and starts falling down, everyone got frightened as he's falling, Kamala tries to get as close as possible only for her to stretch out her arm very fast and enlarged her hand, sending it below the path of the falling boy, the kid is still screaming until he landed on an very large hand, stopping his fall, everyone is stunned by what just happened, a large hand is gently lowering the boy towards the ground safely.
The kid was saved as the mother rushed and hugged her son in relief, everyone is relieved too but they're more curious as to who saved the kid. The hand returned itself back to the person it belongs to, everyone around the mosque sees someone dressed like Captain Marvel here before their eyes, she just saved a boy's life, those who are recording everything by smartphone go the opportunity to capture her performance on video. Kamala still shaped like Captain Marvel is stunned by all the attention she's getting, including that of her parents and her brother, Zoe Zimmer is among the crowd to see a hero here in Jersey City, everyone clapped their hands as she saved that boy's life in time, Kamala decides to retreat as she did what she came here to do, her retreat is being recorded.
Captain Marvel finally reached far away from the mosque after she did her job in saving a boy's life, she then changed herself back to Kamala Khan as she's still feeling the adrenaline from all the work she's done, this was actually her first time being out there as a hero, she never had this feeling before, but she's felt happy that she got to do good in the moment that counts the most, an innocent life was saved thanks to her, this feeling is amazing, tonight she's the hero.
Time is 8:02 PM at an unknown residence somewhere in Jersey City, down in the basement the laptop is showing breaking news about a hero who looks like Captain Marvel making an appearance at the local mosque, she saved a boy from certain danger. Meanwhile in the dark basement, this unknown individual is working on something using technology that seemed to belong to Pym Laboratories along with an ID badge belonging to someone who works there.
"Just recently at the Islamic Masjid of Jersey City, a fundraiser was cut short when a 10 year old was climbing on the ledge and lost his footing, the whole community showed up frightened and concerned, but luckily a hero came by and managed to save this kid from death, this hero appears to be none other than the Avenger, Captain Marvel..."
This individual just head that there's someone out making a name for herself, this displeased him greatly as he doesn't like the idea of enhanced individuals out there in the world getting all the attention, he's still tinkering with the gauntlets next to a sword and a black and light blue suit, whoever this guy is is planning to make an appearance soon, which could spell out trouble for Jersey City.
It's 9:01 PM at the Circle Q at the room upstairs above the store, Bruno and Kamala are watching the news on the laptop about the unexpected appearance of Captain Marvel showing up at the mosque and saving a child's life at the right time when it counted the most, the news has been going on for hours since she came out, everyone doesn't know that Kamala is the one who saved the boy as Captain Marvel, so her secret is safe for now. Kamala is still a bit worried that even though no one suspects she's involved, she pretty much attracted a lot of attention and a lot of people are going to be asking questions that will eventually lead to her.
"Wow Kamala, even though you've managed to shape shift into someone, you've already gotten a lot of attention." Bruno is impressed.
"Let's just hope this doesn't get too much attention." Kamala said.
"Why Kamala? Even though you were someone else, you've already shown yourself to everyone, there's no turning back from any of this." Bruno said.
"Bruno, I agreed to step in to save someone and it was the right thing to do..." Kamala being doubtful about her decision.
"But..." Bruno wants to hear more.
"You still wouldn't understand." Kamala said.
"Then help me understand, Kamala. Even before you had powers, you always fantasized about being a superhero and now you've finally became one, so what's holding you back?" Bruno is still confused.
Kamala sighed uneasy. "I just don't know if everyone is ready to accept a hero like... me."
"Oh, you mean..." Bruno get's the picture.
"Yeah..." Kamala still uneasy.
Bruno sighed calmly. "Okay, maybe I don't understand what it's like being in your shoes... but one thing I do know for sure Kamala is that you've proven that you got what it takes to be a hero. That boy you saved tonight is alive and with his family because you stepped up and used your gifts to do what's right, no matter the consequences, that's who you are Kamala, you're a good person with a good heart."
Kamala smile warmly. "Thanks... though... good is not a thing you are, it's a thing you do."
"That's not so bad, you should use that more often." Bruno likes the quote.
Kamala smile. "My Abu taught it to me."
"But seriously... you did great." Bruno smiled.
Kamala felt better after having some doubts about herself, but Bruno help her through it by reminding her the good she's done tonight and he's right, she made a difference by saving an innocent live from death, even though a part of her was afraid by what everyone thinks, she's proud that she got to do some good for the right reason, tonight she is the hero.
Kamala smiled. "Thank you for everything Bruno, you're a true friend *sighed* I just hope I didn't attract too much attention when I became Captain Marvel in that moment."
"Yeah well it's too late for that, what's going to happen when the real Captain Marvel finds out that someone out is saving lives in her name, or even the Avengers?" Bruno said.
"Knowing Captain Marvel, she's probably out in space doing what she does best, as for the Avengers, they're pretty busy these days fighting the battles, who's going to notice?" Kamala isn't too worry.
It's around 9:23 PM in New York City at the apartment in Lower East Side, Mary Jane is in the kitchen fixing up a snack for Ms. Lion and puts it into a bowl, she lowers it down to the ground as the dog chows down on his meal, Mary Jane smiled and petted her dog, Gwen is in the living room typing on the laptop doing homework while the TV is on, the apartment door is opening up as Peter Parker just came home with a bag of Chinese takeout.
"Brought dinner." Peter holding up the bag.
"Thanks Tiger, I'm starving." Mary Jane said.
"Gwen, break time." Peter said.
Gwen stopped typing as she closed the laptop and got up to walk towards the kitchen, Peter placed the bag on the table and pull out containers full of food, everyone got a plate and picked out what food they desire.
"So how did it go at the Bugle, Tiger?" Mary Jane asking while picking out.
"I was a little jumped by Betty and Glory when they found out I'm working part time for the Globe." Peter said.
"Oh, that bad, huh?" Mary Jane said.
"Not really, they just giggled, only to find out that they were only pulling my chain." Peter smiled.
Gwen smirked. "Are you really that easy when it comes to women?"
Peter rolled his eyes. "Obviously."
Everyone put in their food onto their plates until Peter spotted the TV in the living room about the recent sighting of Captain Marvel in Jersey City, he walks away from the kitchen and picked up the remote to turn up the volume as Gwen and Mary Jane came to his side to watch.
"We got confirmation that the Avenger Captain Marvel was recently spotted at the local mosque in Jersey City, we just got footage taken by smartphone of the hero stepping in and rescuing a child falling off the ledge..."
The news is playing a footage from the smartphone showing someone appearing to be Captain Marvel stepping in at the right time rescuing a boy, but this is different, the boy was saved by an enlarged hand that was stretched out from someone looking like Captain Marvel, Peter noticed something off about this Captain Marvel, but luckily the kid was saved thanks to this hero, Captain Marvel then retreated on foot instead of flying away.
"Wow, I didn't know Captain Marvel was around and that she could stuff like that." Mary Jane looks surprised.
"She can't... cause that woman in the TV isn't Captain Marvel." Peter has his doubts.
"If she's not Captain Marvel, then who is she?" Gwen is curious.
"Don't know, but I intend to find out." Peter said.
Peter wants to know who this new person is going around Jersey City posing as Captain Marvel, he knows in his gut that this isn't Carol Danvers, this felt new and different, he's going to look into it and find out who this new hero is.
The next day, it's November 7th around 2:43 PM at Coles Academic High School, the whole class is listening to their teacher teaching history as Zoe Zimmer is looking at her old friend Nakia thinking about her conversation she had with her yesterday night, her ex-boyfriend Josh Richardson is at his desk way back looking at Zoe staring at Nakia as he's still felt rejected after she dumped him yesterday for reason he still doesn't know, Nakia is thinking about the events that happened yesterday at the mosque concerning the appearance of Captain Marvel and how much unwanted attention this will attract to the community, her desk is next to her best friend Kamala who's thinking about what she did yesterday, this feeling of going out there and doing some good felt great, she's completely ignoring her teacher giving lectures at the moment and this caught the teacher's attention.
"Ms. Khan?!"
Kamala snapped out of her thoughts. "Huh?"
"Did you hear a thing I said?"
"Yeah, you said the... the..." Kamala is totally clueless.
"You have no idea what I was saying, do you?"
"No." Kamala felt embarrassed.
"This is a history class Ms. Khan, you're here to learn, not daydream."
"Yes Ma'am."
All of a sudden the school bell rang as it's 2:45 PM.
"Saved by the bell, alright students, be sure to study tonight, especially you Ms. Khan, class dismissed."
Everyone picked up their stuff and walk out of class, Kamala is walking down the hallway with Bruno and Nakia, as they're walking down they're noticing a lot of students checking out their smartphones about the recent appearance of Captain Marvel coming to the rescue yesterday at the mosque.
"Looks like the whole school knows about yesterday." Bruno said.
"News travels fast, some of us were there, let's not forget she's been on TV since then." Nakia doesn't sound pleased.
"And this bothers you? What she did?" Kamala looks surprised by Nakia's opinion.
"No, I mean I'm glad that she came and save that kid in time, I really am." Nakia said.
"But..." Kamala wants to hear more.
"But what if this could attract a lot of unwanted attention, you know reporters or even the feds looking for an excuse, our community doesn't need this kind of blowback. What if she might end up making things worse for all of us? Did she ever think about that?" Nakia said her opinion.
Kamala listened to Nakia's point of view on how this could blowback on the whole Muslim community, even though she did step in to save an innocent life at the mosque in front of everybody, she didn't consider the consequences her actions could bring upon the community, this affected her too much as Bruno picked up on it, Nakia could see that Kamala and Bruno are both being silent listening to her opinion on this situation.
"Sorry, maybe I'm just being a little paranoid, hopefully that won't happen anytime soon. Anyway, I should head on to the mosque and assess on our situation. I'll see you both later." Nakia said.
"Take care." Bruno said.
"Bye Nakia." Kamala waved.
Nakia waved back before walking out of school heading to the mosque as Kamala is thinking about what her friend said about the hero attracting the wrong kind of attention to the community, this affected Kamala greatly despite knowing she did good yesterday, she's becoming doubtful again as Bruno attempted to help Kamala feel better about herself.
"Maybe Nakia's right, hopefully things will turn out good as usual." Bruno said.
"I hope so, Bruno, I hope so." Kamala says as she's walking away.
Kamala is walking out of school as Bruno follows her, they're both walking out of school grounds and headed around the neighborhood.
Time is 3:34 PM back in New York City at the Daily Bugle, Peter Parker came by for work as he's getting off the elevator and walking around towards the office where Robbie Robertson is with Betty Brant looking at the TV of the incident at the mosque in Jersey City involving the appearance of Captain Marvel saving a boy's life, Glory opens up for Peter as he came in after he got the message to come here for an assignment.
"You wanted to see me, Boss?" Peter asking.
"I did, and it's just Robbie, get it right this time, Parker." Robbie Robertson said.
"Sure thing, Robbie, so what do you got for me?" Peter said.
"I'm sure you've heard about an incident in Jersey City." Robbie Robertson said.
"Yeah, Captain Marvel came in the nick of time and rescued a boy, it's been on the news." Peter is aware.
"I want you and Brant to head on over to Jersey City to investigate this incident." Robbie Robertson said.
"Why us?" Betty is curious.
"Well Parker here does have experience in being at the right places at the right time for photos of heroes in action, as for you Ms. Brant, you're the only reporter available at this moment and this is your chance to see what you can do." Robbie Robertson said.
Betty smile with delight "Really? Thank you Mr. Robertson."
"You're quite welcome, and it's just Robbie, get it right next time, both of you." Robbie Robertson said.
"Sure... Robbie." Betty said.
"Will do Robbie, we're off to the Garden State." Peter said.
Peter and Betty got their assignments and left the office, they entered the elevator and going down to the bottom floor while listening to music playing on the speakers, Peter looks at Betty as she's getting her chance to prove herself out there as a reporter.
"A bit nervous?" Peter asking his friend.
"A little, this is actually my first time being out there as a serious reporter without any supervising me." Betty said.
"You'll do fine Betty, you've done this since high school, wrote the most interesting stories, you got this." Peter said.
Betty smiled. "Thanks Pete."
The elevator finally made it to the bottom and they got off walking pass the lobby and went outside towards the parking lane where a red motorcycle is parked, Peter zips up his jacket and hops on the bike, he puts on a helmet looking at Betty.
"Need a ride?" Peter said.
Betty smile. "I bet you say that to all the girls, huh."
"Just a few." Peter smile as he hands her a helmet.
Betty smiles as she took the helmet and puts it on, she climbs onto the back of the motorcycle clinging to Peter as he starts the engine and roll the throttle, the motorcycle drives away from the lane, the motorcycle drove through the city until it made it to the Holland Tunnel, driving towards Jersey City.
Meanwhile around 3:45 PM somewhere in Jersey City in a basement underneath the residence, someone is arming up in his new suit, strapping the gauntlets on both his arms, sheathing the plasma sword onto the sheath on his back, then he finished by placing a light blue helmet over his head, he then walks up and looks himself in the mirror all dressed up in a black and light blue suit armed with hi tech weaponry.
He takes a deep breath. "This is my time to shine."
Time is 3:51 PM as Peter is driving his motorcycle around Jersey City with Betty Brant riding back and holding on tight, Peter's familiar with Jersey City as he's been here before more than a few times, he's driving through the neighborhood where most of the Islamic community resides, they finally arrived at the Islamic Masjid of Jersey City, the local mosque where Captain Marvel was sighted, Peter parked the bike on the lane as he and Betty got off and removed their helmet to gaze upon a mosque right before their eyes.
"This is the place" Betty said.
"Very neat." Peter said.
"Shall we?" Betty said.
"Lead the way." Peter said.
Peter and Betty are making their way towards the entrance as inside the mosque a number of muslims are hanging out and some are doing some volunteer work around here, including Nakia Bahadir holding a clipboard and writing until she stopped to find a couple of young adults coming into the mosque looking around, Peter and Betty are in a mosque for the first time as they could see everyone is getting through their day despite what happened yesterday, coming their way is a Turkish teen girl wearing a hijab holding a clipboard.
"Can I help you?" Nakia asking the two.
"Oh, yeah, my name is Peter Parker and this Betty Brant, we're from the Daily Bugle in New York." Peter introduced themselves.
"New York, huh? What brings you two across the river?" Nakia asking.
"It's actually about the recent appearance of Captain Marvel who rescued a young boy yesterday night, just outside of your mosque." Peter said.
"Is there someone in charge we can speak to?" Betty said.
"That'll be our imam, Sheikh Abdullah, but he's in the prayer hall and he likes to be left undisturbed." Nakia said.
"We'll be brief, just a few minutes of his time and we'll be gone." Betty being insistent.
"Please." Peter being polite.
"Very well, follow me... oh, just one thing before we go, remove your shoes before entering the prayer hall." Nakia said.
Peter and Betty comply as they found a place nearby to change out of their shoes, they then place them in the rack nearby. Betty and Peter are only wearing socks as Nakia then leads them into the prayer hall where some muslims are hanging around chatting and praying, one of them is going around giving out chocolate chip cookies, at the seat overlooking the whole hall is Sheikh Abdullah reading an issue of the Daily Bugle with a picture of Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider fighting Armadillo on the front page, he smiled and giggled upon reading a comic strip with a funny scene.
Nakia coughed to get his attention. "Sheikh?"
Sheikh Abdullah quickly closes the paper feeling a bit embarrassed. "Ah, Nakia, I was just... reading the paper."
"Sorry to disturb you, these two came to talk to you." Nakia said.
Sheikh Abdullah gets up from the chair. "I'm Sheikh Abdullah, and you are?"
"My name is Betty Brant and this is Peter Parker, we're from the Daily Bugle." Betty introduce her and her friend.
"The Daily Bugle, that same newspapers that marked that Spider-Man fellow as a menace?" Sheikh Abdullah said.
"Use to be, now the Bugle is under new management." Peter said.
"Well, since you both came all the way from New York, what can I do for you?" Sheikh Abdullah said.
"We like to ask you about an event that happened yesterday just outside of your mosque, a superhero showing up to rescue a young boy." Betty taps the recorder app on her phone and holds it up. "Care to comment?"
"Is this necessary?" Nakia said.
"It's alright Nakia... Okay, this is how it went, I was at the fundraiser yesterday giving out my speech and thanking everyone for their support, all of a sudden we heard screaming nearby, everyone rush to find that young boy holding onto the ledge for life, screaming for help, none of us know what to do, then coming out of nowhere is this big hand stretched out as the boy fell down and he landed on that hand, it stopped his fall, then we all saw her, that hero Captain Marvel came to that boy's rescue, she saved his life." Sheikh Abdullah told the story.
"And how do you feel about this Captain Marvel coming out of nowhere?" Betty holding up the phone.
"Honestly, I'm glad that she showed up in time, if she didn't do what she did, who knows how that night would've ended? That boy is alive today and with his family cause someone stepped in and did some real good." Sheikh Abdullah said.
"I see..." Betty stopped the recording on her phone. "Okay, thank you for your time.
"I know that New York City has many heroes protecting it, but Jersey City needs a hero too, especially one who carries about this community and its people." Sheikh Abdullah said.
Peter smile warmly. "Yes it does, I'm glad that she showed up."
A guy came by with a tray of cookies.
"Please have a cookie before you go." Sheikh Abdullah being friendly.
Betty picked one from the tray and walks away, Peter took one and hold it up smiling before eating it, he's leaving with Betty Brant as Nakia is surprised by the reaction from Sheikh Abdullah about this Captain Marvel's sudden and unexpected appearance, he's actually glad that she showed up when it counted the most, Nakia reevaluates her opinion on this hero and came to realize that this hero really did some good yesterday. Meanwhile Peter and Betty already dressed in their shoes are walking out of the mosque after interviewing Sheikh Abdullah about this hero's good deeds, they're walking towards the bike parked on the lane.
"Okay, now what?" Peter said.
"Now we go find this Captain Marvel, from what we've seen in the footage, she didn't fly off, she ran." Betty said.
"So?" Peter said.
"So that means she's gotta be local, we just roam around town until she leaps into action." Betty said.
"That's gonna be hard to predict, we don't even know what she'll look like without the mask." Peter said.
"Yeah, these superheroes are pretty good at covering their tracks." Betty said.
"Yes they are." Peter speaking from personal experience.
"Let's take a drive around, shall we?" Betty said.
Peter sat down on the bike. "Hop on."
Betty got on the backseat of the motorcycle and puts on the helmet, Peter already put his helmet on his head as he turns on the bike and roll the throttle, they drive away from the mosque and headed around Jersey City hoping to find this Captain Marvel, especially Peter since he's more curious as to who this hero posing as her is.
Time is 5:23 PM at an abandoned warehouse in Jersey City, Kamala Khan is all alone without anyone watching and a lot of empty space with empty barrels and crates for her to practice her abilities, she's dressed in a hoodie and workout pants as she puts on a pair of AirPods on her ears, she plays music from her smartphone and listening through her AirPods as she's a bit nervous, so far she's only scratched the surface of her potential, she plans to find out what else she can do with her abilities.
"Okay Kamala, let's see what you've got." Kamala talking to herself.
Kamala holds up her hands to test out her ability to enlarge herself, starting by clinching her fists and enlarging her hands right before her eyes, she sees some barrels at a distance, she aims and focus on those barrels, she waits until she tossed her first punch by stretching out her arm and hitting one of them, Kamala smile as she's successful.
"Cool!" Kamala is happy.
Kamala then kept on practicing her strikes by stretching out her arms for her fist to hit their targets, Kamala is knocking down barrels one at a time as she's getting a hang on her stretching abilities, she then spotted a group of crates all together, she then switches to try out something new for this, she pulls her enlarged fists together while her arms are still stretched, she performs a fist slam upon the crates as they all got shattered into pieces, Kamala is amazed by how much strength there was in that technique.
"That is so awesome!" Kamala smiles in excitement.
Kamala stretched her arms back to her and shrunk her hands down to normal, she already sees what her hands and arms can do, she then looks down on her legs and feet, she focus on stretching her legs up to higher levels, she stretched them out long as she's feeling wobbly from being too tall.
"WHOA!" Kamala panicking and losing her balance.
Kamala is doing her best to maintain her balance as she never stretched her legs this long before, she managed to get her balance back and stands perfectly still trying to get a hang on this new height of hers, she slowly raised one legs up and started to walk carefully, she did the same with the other one and walks, she started walking around slowly and carefully as she realizes that she can travel faster while being tall like this, she started to get the hang of this as she switched from walking to running around the warehouse being tall, she eventually stops running and decided to test out how much bigger she can be.
"OK Kamala, let's see how big you can grow." Kamala smiles as she closes her eyes. "Come on Kamala, you can do this..." Kamala still has her eyes closed and takes a deep breath about to test out her full potential, she breathes out and grows bigger as she yells out. "EMBIG-"
Kamala quickly grew bigger but bumped her head on the ceiling and hurt herself, she stopped growing and shrinks back to normal, she laid down on the ground with her hands on her head, feeling the pain in her brain.
Kamala sighed in pain. "Ok, bad idea Kamala... owww."
Her stomach is growing as she's also drained of her energy from exhausting herself.
"And I'm hungry..." Kamala feeling the hunger in her stomach.
Later around 5:57 PM at the Circle Q, Bruno Carrelli is still working as a cashier as some customers are buying stuff, here at the store are Betty Brant picking out a bottle of water from the commercial fridge , she went to the register to pay while Peter is getting himself a hot dog along with a cherry slushie as he worked up quite an appetite, both of them are exhausted from the long drive around the neighborhood hoping to find a lead on Captain Marvel, but so far no such luck, Betty came back to Peter's side as he's still pouring in slushie into the cup, she opens up and drank water..
Betty sigh after drinking water. "Two hours, we've being riding around for two hours and still nothing."
"I know, she could be anywhere, a needle in a haystack." Peter said.
"It's a wild goose chase, there's no telling where she'll show up, it's not she's just going to stroll on through the door of this store." Betty said.
All of a sudden Kamala Khan is entering the Circle Q while eating a gyro wrapped in a wrapper, she's walking towards the soda machine next to the shushie machine as Peter finished pouring the cherry slushie into the cup, he's about to head towards the cashier til he stopped as Kamala is walking his way and stopped too.
"Sorry, I was just passing by." Kamala apologize.
"Don't worry kid, it's all good." Peter excused himself.
Peter moved slightly and allow Kamala to pass by him as she reached the soda machine, Peter get the sense that he's seen that kid from somewhere before when he was in Jersey City, he just can't figure it out, he then walks towards the register with the hot dog and the cherry slushie for the combo and placed both items as Bruno then types in the price for the combo.
"That'll be 3.89." Bruno told the customer.
Peter pulls out his wallet and handed some cash to Bruno. "Keep the change."
"Thanks, come again." Bruno being friendly after closing the register.
Peter and Betty are heading out of the store after getting everything they needed from here, Kamala is filling the empty cup full of ice but no soda as she walking towards Bruno at the register, Bruno looks at the cup with nothing but ice.
"No soda?" Bruno said.
"No, just... give me a bag please." Kamala asking.
Bruno pulls out an empty bag and hands it to Kamala, she then empties the entire cup of ice into the bag, she then closes the bag and place it on top of her head to swell down the pain she experienced earlier.
"You okay?" Bruno is worried.
"Yeah, I just... bump my head against the ceiling." Kamala still holding the bag over her head.
Bruno smirked. "You just said you bumped you head against the ceiling."
"I did... literally." Kamala is being serious.
Bruno stopped smirking. "Oh... why?"
"I was out practicing, wanted to test out my powers, I tried growing bigger and... well, you get the idea." Kamala explained.
"I thought super healing is part of your superpower arsenal." Bruno said.
"It is, but I exhausted myself trying to grow bigger, worked up an appetite and picked up a gyro on the way." Kamala explained.
"Okay..." Bruno then puts up an "on break" sign next to the register. "Let's go."
Bruno left the register as he's now on break and helps Kamala up the stairs for some privacy to talk. Meanwhile outside of the Circle Q, Peter is seating against his bike eating his hot dog while Betty is drinking down water.
"Obviously we're not going to find her today, I gotta head back to the Bugle and start writing on the story, you coming?" Betty said.
"Nah, I'm thinking of sticking around for a while just in case something turns up." Peter said as he slurp his slushie.
"Okay, I'll take a cab and head on back to the city, thanks for the ride, Pete." Betty said.
"Anytime Betty, take care." Peter said.
"You too." Betty said.
Betty then whistled and waves her hand as a taxi is coming down the street and made a stop, Betty climbs on inside and heads back to New York City while Peter stayed behind in Jersey City to continue his own investigation into finding this mysterious hero, he still eating his hot dog until he got a ring from his phone, he finished eating and pulled out his phone to see his girlfriend Gwen Stacy is calling.
"Peter?" Gwen said.
"Hey Gwen, nice to hear to your voice." Peter smiles as he flirts.
"How sweet, still in Jersey City?" Gwen said.
"Yeah, I'm still sticking around hoping something will turn up." Peter said.
"You're positive this isn't Captain Marvel?" Gwen said.
"I am, cause I contacted her last night and she's still out patrolling outer space with her new partner Photon." Peter said.
"Any idea who this new Captain Marvel could be?" Gwen said.
"No idea and I still don't have any leads as to what she looks likes, it's possible she's a shapeshifter." Peter said.
"Like that mutant Mystique." Gwen said.
"If that's the case, finding her will be very difficult than anticipated." Peter said.
"Knowing you Pete, you'll find a way to find her." Gwen said.
Peter smiled. "Thanks for your words of encouragement, Gwendolyne Stacy."
"Alway Peter, good luck out there, I'll be waiting for you later." Gwen said.
"Can't wait, I love you Gwen." Peter said.
"I love you too, Pete." Gwen said before hanging up.
Peter puts away the phone after having a chat with with his girlfriend Gwen, he'll still keep on looking for this hero, he quickly slurp up the slushie till it's empty, but he ended getting a trigeminal headache as a result.
"Ah... brain freeze." Peter feeling it.
Peter then tossed the empty slushie cup into the bin and hops on his motorcycle, he starts the engine and rolls the throttle, he's riding away from the Circle Q to continue his search for this hero. Meanwhile back at the Circle Q in the room above the store, Kamala still has an ice bag on her head while she just finished eating her gyro and tossed the wrapper into the bin, she started to feel a bit better and took the bag off her head after feeling reenergize from eating.
"You feeling okay?" Bruno asking.
"Yeah, my head feels much better now and I'm feeling full again." Kamala said.
"In other words your energy levels are back to normal and your healing factor is doing its work, just try not to grow too bigger more often, seems like when you do you use up too much energy." Bruno theorized on Kamala's limits.
"So I've noticed." Kamala learns from experience.
"I must confess, I didn't think that you'd want to train yourself when you made it pretty clear that you still have some doubts about being a hero." Bruno said.
"I still have those doubts, but..." Kamala said.
"But..." Bruno wants to hear more.
"But when I was out there stepping in to rescue that boy, even though I was afraid of being caught and having everyone watching my every action... I didn't regret doing what I did in that moment, saving that boy and see him reunite in the arms of his family, it was a great feeling, to actually do some real good for the right reasons." Kamala confessed on her heroism.
Bruno smile. "And you can still do a lot of good for this city."
"Bruno..." Kamala speaks.
"I'm serious Kamala, Jersey City doesn't get many heroes more often and there are many people here who needs a hero to fight for them, and that hero... could be you." Bruno said.
Kamala smiles with some doubt. "Thanks for believing in me, I do love the idea of being a superhero for this city and doing more good for the neighbor... but is everyone ready to accept me as I am? As my true self?"
Bruno could tell that she's still has some fears about being true to herself as a muslim superhero, though a part of her still wants to do good as she's already stepped up and done some heroism, she doesn't seem to want to stop doing more good, their moment got interrupted as Bruno's laptop computer is giving off an alert and got Bruno's attention as he tapped into the police frequency.
"What is that?" Kamala is curious.
"Just in case you did decide to hero up, I've managed to tapped into the frequency of JCPD and put out an alert in case trouble is brewing somewhere..." Bruno is typing the keyboard and plays an live audio message. "Listen to it yourself."
"Attention all units, an armored car in Journal Square is under attack by an unknown individual armed with hi tech weaponry causing havoc, all units proceed with caution."
"Looks like Jersey City has a supervillain causing trouble, care to step in again?" Bruno said.
"Why don't we let the police handle this one?" Kamala said.
"Assuming they can, you heard the scanner, this guy has some advanced tech and causing chaos, even if the police are there now there's gonna be a lot of innocent people that'll get caught in the crossfire, I'd doubt this guy is gonna care who's gets hurt." Bruno said.
Kamala sighed. "You got a good point, I just hope my powers and training are enough to take on this guy."
Bruno is getting a bit worried. "Listen Kamala, if you're not up to it, then..."
"It's alright Bruno, I appreciate your concern for my safety, but I gotta do something and I have the power to help those people." Kamala said.
"Are you sure about this, Kamala? This isn't like rescuing a boy from failing down, this is different, you're about to face off against a super baddie and you're not ready for that." Bruno warns for the risk she's taking.
"I can't just by and do nothing Bruno, those people need my help right now." Kamala made up her mind.
Bruno sighed. "If that's the case, you're gonna need a suit this time."
Bruno turns his head towards the suit he created for her, Kamala is looking at it as she never worn the suit before, it was specially designed for her and her powers.
Kamala sighed nervously. "Time for me to suit up."
Kamala walked up and grabbed the suit as she made her way towards the bathroom to change, Bruno is turning to the laptop to get more details on the events happening right now, so far there's reports about someone dressed in some kind of suit with hi tech weapons robbing an armored car, eventually coming out of the bathroom is Kamala Khan finally dressed in her biokinetic polymer suit for the first time along with an eye mask, Bruno is stunned seeing his friend more different than ever before.
"Well... what do you think?" Kamala showing herself in her suit.
Bruno smiled. "It's definitely you."
"Better get going... oh, one more thing." Kamala said.
Kamala then focuses on her shapeshifting abilities to transform herself into Captain Marvel again right before Bruno's eyes.
"Seriously? Captain Marvel again?" Bruno is confused.
"I said I'd go out helping people, I didn't say I'd go as myself." Kamala as Captain Marvel.
"Fine, I don't want to argue with you, just... be careful out Kamala." Bruno said with concern in his voice.
Captain Marvel smiles and gave a thumb up as she opens up the window and jumps out, Bruno got frightened Kamala just jumped out the window as he rushed to get a peek, only to find her running down West Side Avenue with stretchy legs heading towards battle in Journal Square.
Bruno sighed. "Did not see that coming."
Meanwhile driving far out in the other way on West Side Avenue is Peter Parker on his motorcycle continuing his search for Captain Marvel until he got a call on his bluetooth earpiece, he pulls up on the side of the street and taps his earpiece.
"Hello?" Peter said.
"Hey Pete, it's me, Ganke, I got something of interest." Ganke Lee said.
"Ok, shoot." Peter is listening.
"There's trouble brewing in Jersey City, I just tapped into the JCPD network and there's someone in Journal Square robbing an armored car with hi tech weapons." Ganke Lee informed Peter.
Peter sighed. "What is it about supervillains robbing armored cars? What are the chances our mysterious Captain Marvel knows?"
"It's funny you should mentioned that." Ganke Lee said.
"What do you mean?" Peter is confused.
"While I was hacking into the JCPD network, it turns out I wasn't the only one, someone else manage to hack the network before I did, using the same pathway as I did, same results." Ganke Lee said.
"That can't be a coincidence, were you able to find out who it was?" Peter said.
"No, this guy ain't no amateur, but I was able to trace it to a convenience store on West Side Avenue called the Circle Q." Ganke Lee said.
"The Circle Q? Are you sure?" Peter looks surprised.
"Yeah, why?" Ganke Lee said.
"Cause I was just there... you know what, never mind, I'll worry about that later, right now I got robbery to stop." Peter said.
Peter then hangs up call on the earpiece and rolls the throttle, making a turn and ride the other way down West Side Avenue heading towards Journal Square to stop a robbery and hopeful meet this new Captain Marvel for the first time.
Later it's 6:13 PM at Journal Square as the neighborhood is being terrorized by an unknown individual dressed in a black and light blue suit, a cop pulls out his gun but he ended up getting punched by a fist made out of solid blue light as everyone around the neighborhood is witnessing this, the villain finished neutralizing any threats to him as he turns his attention to the armored car itself, he puts out his sword from his back charged with plasma energy and slice the door, he sheath his sword back as he walks up and opens up the back.
The bad guy chuckles. "Easy money."
He started picking up two bags full of cash, all he can carry for now, he's about to make his getaway until someone dressed like Captain Marvel is standing in the way of his getaway, a lot of people still around see the hero return as they all pulled out their smartphones to record everything.
"What is it about you supervillains robbing from armored cars?" Kamala/Captain Marvel said.
"So you must be the famous Captain Marvel making a name for herself, this is a surprise, though I must confess, this seems a little below your pay grade to be dealing with petty stuff like this."
"Well... I help out everyone on occasion." Kamala/Captain Marvel said nervously.
"Whatever, I don't know your reason and I don't care, step aside."
"No can do." Kamala/Captain Marvel said.
"Fine, the least I can do is show everyone what I'm capable of."
Discord dropped the bags as he's about to fight off against Captain Marvel who is in fact Kamala Khan in disguise, she's feeling a bit nervous as she's never been in an actual fight before, especially against a supervillain, she just hopes that her powers will give her an edge against this guy. Discord formed up a solid light fist from his gauntlet as it caught her attention, he launched his strike as she uses her morphic abilities on her waist to dodge his attack in a way no one can and caught Discord by surprised by this revelation.
"What the?"
Captain Marvel enlarged her fist and stretched her arm out, she strikes back with a strong punch to Discord and managed to land a hit, sending the supervillain towards a nearby car, meanwhile Spider-Man arrived on a rooftop overlooking the fight happening right now, he got a peak on this new Captain Marvel in action displaying unusual abilities, nothing like the original Captain Marvel, he's getting back up and feeling angry as he underestimated his superhero, Captain Marvel throws another punch at the supervillain, Discord draw out his sword and rolls away to dodge her punch, he strikes back with a cut on her arm.
"OWW!" Kamala/Captain Marvel felt the pain.
Captain Marvel flinched in pain as she quickly pulls her arm back to see the cut this villain made and that her left arm is changing back to her normal self, Kamala knows that she's having a hard time maintaining her new form, He took the opportunity to strike back by firing rings out his gauntlet and they've managed to entangle her while she's distracted, she's trapped as they're unleashing full voltage throughout her whole body, Kamala screams as she can't think of anything other the pain, she's lost her focus as she's reverting back to her original form.
"Oh, no, no, no." Kamala/Captain Marvel is panicking.
The villain along with everyone else around including Spider-Man looking from a rooftop are watching as Captain Marvel is changing right before their eyes, her costume is changing back to it's original state, her hair is turning from blonde to dark brown and her skin is turning back to tan, everyone got to see who she really is, an enhanced individual dressed in some kind of costume and she looks middle eastern, but her true identity is still unknown as the eye mask she's wearing is protecting her from being fully discovered but it's already too late as her secret is out.
The villain chuckles. "I should've known, this was way too easy."
Kamala still in her costume is attempting to get back up on her feet to fight back, but he launched a solid light punch and knocked her down to the ground as she's getting bested by this guy, Spider-Man couldn't stand by and watch as he's about to make his move to help her out.
"You tried to play the hero and look where you ended up, down on the ground, bested by a regular guy like me, but at the end of the day you're nothing but a fangirl with powers, just a wannabe." Discord insults his enemy.
Kamala is still hurt and trapped by the rings holding her in place and still shocking her, the villain pulls out his sword which made her scared for what's about to happen.
"You might've lived long enough to be some hero, but that's never gonna happen... cause this is the end for you, goodbye." the villain holding his sword.
He's willing to perform the finishing act to take her life as Kamala is weakened and terrified to do anything, he raise his sword up and was about to strike down until he got drop kick by someone and he missed his target, coming in landing in a three point stance is the Hero of New York City, Spider-Man, Kamala is still conscious and weak to see someone in red and blue saved her life in time, she then closes her eyes and passed out. Spider-Man turns to see the new hero is passed out cold but he's not out of the woods yet as Discord is getting back up on his feet to see the hero responsible for thwarting his strike.
"You?" he sounded displeased.
"Surprise!" Spider-Man said.
"Just what I need, it's bad enough I had to deal with some wannabe with powers, now I got another enhanced freak to deal with."
"Freak? Wow, I'm deeply hurt." Spider-Man said with humor.
He is about to do battle with Spider-Man but he then hears police sirens coming from a distance as more reinforcements are coming in that could make things very difficult for him, he reevaluates the situation and decides to make a tactical retreat.
"You're both lucky this time." The villain is holding up a smoke bomb. "Don't ever get in my way again, either of you."
He tossed down a smoke bomb and smoke formed up everywhere, making it difficult for Spider-Man to see, eventually the smoke cleared out and he looks around only to find the villain is long gone from the scene, he thought about pursuing but he's got another worry on his mind, he turns back to see the young hero still unconscious on the ground, he walks up to check up on her.
"Hey! Hey, you're alright, kid." Spider-Man asking.
This young hero is still out cold, something fell out of her suit as Spider-Man picked it up and reads, he could tell that she's around Miles and Anya's age, the same age he himself started out as a hero, but he hears police siren coming in and a lot of people still around watching, he couldn't just leave her here to be discovered, he needed to get her out of here to protect her identity.
Later around 7:03 PM elsewhere on a rooftop in Journal Square, Spider-Man is looking down on the streets waiting for her to wake up as he's got a lot of questions to ask, Kamala Khan is still resting until she opens up her eyes and finds that she's on a rooftop, her heads is a bit fuzzy as the only thing she can remember is fighting this supervillain and she was about to lose her life til someone intervened to save her life, Spider-Man turns to see she's finally up and all fuzzy.
"Whoa, take it easy kid, you're still a little disoriented." Spider-Man said.
Kamala turns to see Spider-Man here in the flesh right before her eyes.
Kamala gasped in excitement. "OH! MY! GOSH! You're, you're Spider-Man! I can't believe I'm actually meeting Spider-Man! I'm such a fan, though more a fan of Captain Marvel, but I'm still a fan of yours nevertheless, I can't believe this is happening! It's such an honor to meet you! I'm still babbling aren't I?! Sorry, it's just..."
"Shhh..." Spider-Man telling Kamala to calm down and she stopped babbling. "Okay, take some deep breaths and breathe out..." Kamala is inhaling and exhaling, calming herself down. "Feel better?"
"Yeah... I can't believe it's really you." Kamala is calm but a still a bit excited.
"Hi, I'm Spider-Man, though you already know that, nice to meet you Kamala Khan." Spider-Man introduced himself.
"Oh my gosh, you know my name? You must be like a great detective." Kamala looks surprised and impressed.
Spider-Man hands Kamala here school I.D. card from Coles Academic High School, she's a sophomore there, Kamala took it back.
"Fell out of your pocket, you shouldn't be carrying that around, kinda defeats the whole anonymous superhero thing." Spider-Man gave some superhero advice.
"Right... I'm still new to this." Kamala felt embarrassed.
"I could tell." Spider-Man said.
"So what brings you out way here from your turf?" Kamala is curious.
"I heard about Captain Marvel making an appearance out here in this city, so I came out here to see who's trick-or-treating as her." Spider-Man said.
"So you finally found out that I'm not her." Kamala said.
"I had my suspicions that you were a shapeshifter, though clearly you could do more than just take on another form from what I've just witnessed." Spider-Man knows about her abilities.
"My powers are polymorphic, I can change or extend any parts of myself into whatever I choose." Kamala explains on her powers.
"It's impressive, how long have you had these powers?" Spider-Man asking.
"Eight months, since that day happened, there was this strange mist coming from the sky and it rained down upon everyone, it did something to me that I don't know how to explain it." Kamala said.
"You underwent Terrigenesis." Spider-Man said.
"Terri-what?" Kamala is clueless.
"The mist you were exposed to were made from Terrigen crystals, it trigger the dormant Inhuman genes that were inside and you underwent Terrigenesis, it made you an Inhuman." Spider-Man said.
"How do you know so much about this?" Kamala said.
"Cause I met the man who unleashed that same mist, a mad scientist calling himself the High Evolutionary, he's responsible for bringing Inhumans into the world without warning, all in the name of evolution." Spider-Man said.
"Sounds like a total nut job." Kamala said.
"He is, he even turned me into a spider creature with extra arms at one time. But back to the matter at hand, I'm more curious as to why you're going around pretending to be someone else." Spider-Man said.
Kamala sighed. "You must be very upset for what I'm doing, pretending to be Captain Marvel"
"I'm not upset Kamala, I just want to understand." Spider-Man said.
Kamala still feeling uneasy. "I don't know if everyone is ready to accept me."
"What are you talking about? Not accepting you?" Spider-Man still doesn't understand.
"I'm just saying... what if everyone isn't ready to accept a hero of my...*sighed* background." Kamala revealed her fears.
"Oh... you mean..." Spider-Man is getting the idea.
Kamala nodded her head in sadness. "I thought that by being Captain Marvel, I could actually do some good for this city and all it's people just like all the hero I've worshipped... but I was so wrong, I'm not Captain Marvel, I'll never be as great as she is... Now everyone knows what I really look like, my true form... that guy was right about me, I'm not a hero, I'm just a fangirl with powers, just a wannabe..."
Kamala is tearing up in sadness as she failed to impress everyone by taking on a form of another hero, she's letting what the villain said about her affect her deeply, she sits down weeping herself in disappointment. Spider-Man can't help but sympathies, he walks up and sits next to her attempting to speak some words to help her through her self pity.
Spider-Man speaks. "Kamala... that's not exactly true, you may not be Captain Marvel, but you're certainly not a wannabe, you put yourself out there, risking your own life, using your gifts to do good for the right reasons, a regular person wouldn't have done what you've did, but a hero can... I might not know what it's like to be in your shoes exactly, but one thing I do know for sure is to be criticized, even when I first became a hero doing a lot of good I had critics who painted me as a vigilante, a menace to the city I swore to protect, and for a while people actually believed it, some even started being afraid of me, but I didn't let that stop me from doing what's right."
Kamala sniff in tears. "How do you do it? How do you keep on fighting?"
"Someone I lost, someone who was like a father taught me a very important lesson, those lessons kept me going through tough times... with great power comes great responsibility." Spider-Man quoted Uncle Ben.
Kamala smiled a bit with tears. "He sounded like a wise man."
"He was, he was the best man I've ever known." Spider-Man talks about Uncle Ben.
"My Abu taught me something recently, I think it helped me a bit, he said... good is not a thing you are, it's a thing you do." Kamala quoted Yusuf Khan.
"I like that, those are some great words. Remember it." Spider-Man likes those words of wisdom.
"It's strange, when I got my powers, it happened during Ramadan, my friend told me I'd be blessed." Kamala said.
"I think you were blessed, regardless how it happened, I believe it was fate that you got these gifts, like you were made for this, like it's your destiny. But... having powers alone isn't the only thing that makes a hero, you still have something inside you that does." Spider-Man said.
"What is it?" Kamala said.
"You've got heart, Kamala Khan... the heart of a hero." Spider-Man said.
Kamala smiled as she felt better having a chat with Spider-Man that she's got what it takes to be a true hero regardless of who she is underneath the mask.
"Thank you Spider-Man." Kamala smiled.
"Anytime Kamala... now, I do believe we got a supervillain out there to stop, care to team up?" Spider-Man said.
"Really? You seriously wanna team up with me? Everyone knows that I'm not Captain Marvel, my secret is out at this point." Kamala said.
"Then show them, show everyone the hero you're meant to be." Spider-Man encouraged Kamala.
Kamala is still nervous how everyone will react with her going out there as her true self, but after having a chat with Spider-Man and the words she learned from him and from her father, she finally found the courage to overcome her fears, to keep on fighting as a hero she's meant to be.
"Okay, it's time everyone got to know the real me." Kamala is being confident in herself.
"Finally, just one more thing before we go." Spider-Man said.
"What?" Kamala said.
"What's with the 'S'?" Spider-Man asking about her emblem.
Kamala looks at her emblem. "It's not an 'S', it's a symbol."
"For?" Spider-Man is curious.
"For me." Kamala said.
"And who are you supposed to be exactly?" Spider-Man asking about her codename.
"I'm... still figuring it out." Kamala's got nothing for now.
"Well, I'm sure you'll know what to call yourself when the time comes. For now, let's go find him." Spider-Man said
Spider-Man and Kamala teams up to search for this new supervillain and putting a stop to his crimes before anymore people get hurt.
Around 7:15 PM at the Islamic Masjid of Jersey City, the muslim community here including Sheikh Abdullah and Nakia are watching the news about the mysterious Captain Marvel turning out to be a young muslim girl in a costume with powers, the news has titled the story "A MUSLIM SUPERHERO?", the boy who was saved last night sees that it's this hero pretending to be Captain Marvel is the very same person who saved his life, Nakia is now more worried than ever on how this revelation would affect the entire Muslim community.
"It is still unknown who this enhanced individual is masquerading as the Avenger Captain Marvel, but sources say that she's a teenage girl of middle eastern descent, very likely she's the same vigilante who made an appearance last night at the local mosque..."
"A muslim superhero, that's new." Sheikh Abdullah said.
Nakia sighed uneasy. "This is bound to bring too much attention to the community."
"This troubles you?" Sheikh Abdullah said.
"Doesn't it you? You heard what the news said, this superhero is Muslim, we already had two reporters here earlier today asking about her, now all eyes will be pointed here again. Didn't she even think about what her actions would bring to us all?" Nakia said.
"Nakia, I'm sure that's not what she intended, she must've had a good reason to pretend to be someone else, but let's not forget that she's done some good for our community when she saved that young boy's life." Sheikh Abdullah said.
"But aren't you a bit worried?" Nakia said.
"Maybe, but I can't deny all the good she's done, she's showing altruism just like the Quran teaches us." Sheikh Abdullah said.
"Well... I guess that's true... anyway, I should head on home." Nakia said.
"Be careful Nakia." Sheikh Abdullah said.
"Will do, bye." Nakia said before leaving.
Nakia is leaving the mosque while everyone else stays behind upon the revelation of a muslim superhero roaming around Jersey City, Nakia made it outside as she takes her bicycle and rides on home, thinking about a lot of things on the way.
Later around 7:32 PM at the Circle Q, Bruno Carrelli is getting very worried about his friend Kamala who was injured during her first fight against a supervillain, it's been over an hour and still no sign of her, only news footage of her transforming back to her true self right before everyone eyes, not to mention the recent sighting of Spider-Man in the city, all of a sudden coming into the room is Kamala Khan in her suit as Bruno turns his chair around to see she's back safe and sound.
"Kamala! Thank god you're alright! I was so worried!" Bruno is relief.
"Sorry to make you worry, I had a little trouble out there." Kamala said.
"I heard on the news, apparently they say that Spider-Man was there and..." Bruno stopped talking upon seeing Spider-Man coming in the room and he became shocked, Spider-Man got to see the cashier from earlier. "Oh my... is he..."
"Yeah, he's the genuine article." Kamala said.
Spider-Man looks around. "Wow, of all the place to find you, you're headquartered out of a Circle Q."
"Something like that." Bruno said.
"Let me guess, you're the guy who tapped into the JCPD network." Spider-Man said.
"How did you know?" Bruno said.
"I got a guy who's great with computers and he managed to piggyback on your digital footprint, which led to here, to your 'secret' headquarters." Spider-Man said.
"I see." Bruno said.
"Next time, be sure to cover your tracks perfectly, don't want anyone else to find your lair and stumble onto your secret." Spider-Man gave some advice.
"Well do, so what brings you both here?" Bruno said.
"We could your help, we're having trouble finding this new baddie." Kamala said.
"You both couldn't stop him?" Bruno said.
"He got away just before the JCPD came and I had to help Kamala out in order to protect her identity." Spider-Man said.
"We're kinda hoping that you could help us find a lead, see if there's anything on the net that could point the way." Kamala said.
"I might, but that could take time. Alright, I'll get started, in the meantime, just wait and I'll let you know if I find something." Bruno said.
"Thank you Bruno." Kamala said.
Bruno smiled as he stretched out his fingers and starts typing the keyboard and surfing the net for any leads on how to find this mysterious supervillain while the heroes wait patiently and do nothing but talk.
"So now what?" Kamala said.
"Nothing else to do but wait, it's hard to predict when they'll strike again. In the meantime, why don't we talk about you?" Spider-Man said.
"Me?" Kamala said.
"Yeah, I'd like to get the know the person behind the mask, what is it you do when you're not out there engaging in your crusade?" Spider-Man is curious.
"Well... I'm just a regular high school student living with her parents and her older brother, or at a least I was, back then I was just a fangirl who worships superheroes, mostly Captain Marvel, in my spare time I would fantasize about superheroes and write down my fantasies." Kamala told her story.
"Oh, so you're a writer?" Spider-Man said.
"Something like that, I write fanfiction on the internet, my username is SlothBaby." Kamala told her hobby.
Spider-Man smirked. "SlothBaby?"
Kamala chuckles. "I know, it's silly."
"It's fine, go on." Spider-Man said.
"Well, my life is kinda odd, both at home and at school, I'm hardly popular among my classmates, barely fit in with everyone else, often getting bullied or ignored, Bruno and Nakia are my best and only friends, I'm... an odd duck." Kamala admits her social status.
Spider-Man listened to Kamala telling about her life in school, this sounded all too familiar to him, he smirked underneath the mask upon hearing this.
Kamala noticed him smirking "What?"
"Nothing, it's just... listening to you telling your life story, you actually remind me of myself when I was your age." Spider-Man said.
Kamala looked surprised. "Really?"
"Back then before I became a hero, I was just your average wallflower, too busy studying, barely fitting in with the rest of the kids at my school, getting bullied often, only had a few friends to support me, those were the old days." Spider-Man told of his life story.
"What happened?" Kamala is curious.
"One day, I was bitten a super spider and I gained powers I'd never imagined, my whole life change since then, next thing you know I've developed great confidence in myself as I continue being a hero, my social skills improved, overcame my shyness, I was able to fit in among my classmates, even girls would suddenly take interest in me." Spider-Man said.
"Wow, must've been fun." Kamala said.
"It was, but my love life was a bit of a whirlwind when it comes to my double life as a hero." Spider-Man said.
"So it was hard being a hero and kid at the same time." Kamala said.
"It can be, but we all need people we care about to remind us what we're fighting for, to make us feel as normal as possible." Spider-Man said.
"To make us feel human." Kamala said.
"Exactly." Spider-Man said.
"I wonder if I'll ever be the same Kamala everyone knows." Kamala said.
"You still are, just your life has changed, you might gain confidence as you progress in life being a hero, but deep down you'll always be Kamala Khan, that's what makes you who you are. Don't ever forget that." Spider-Man said.
"I won't." Kamala take that to heart.
"Good... so now that I know bits about you, what do you know about me since you said you're quite a fan." Spider-Man said.
"A lot, you're the Protector of New York City and a founding member of the Avengers, you started out from saving a school to fighting super baddies towards saving the world three times with Earth's Mightiest Heroes, I got to see you on TV giving out your speech to the world and inspired everyone to fight back, you all saved the world from being burned away by Doc Ock." Kamala told Spider-Man about his exploits.
"Please, all I did was my job, I just shut down the shields for the doomsday satellites, Captain Marvel did all the work in destroying them along with Iron Man and Thor, I couldn't have done it without them, especially her." Spider-Man said.
"She's awesome." Kamala said.
"Yes, she is, she's one of the bravest women I've ever known in my life." Spider-Man said about Captain Marvel.
"What she like? Since you got to know her better." Kamala is curious about her hero.
"I do, she's pretty much like an older sister I've never had, we pretty much bond over playing video games and junk food. She's brave, determined, and headstrong, she had some struggles in life growing up as a woman on both a profession and personal level, but she always managed to overcome them and became one of the greatest heroes I've had the privilege of known. You kinda remind of her in someways, I know that you had some struggles too because of your heritage, but I know that you have the heart and the will to overcome them, just like her. I guess in way, you really are a Marvel." Spider-Man said.
"I wonder what kind of Marvel I'm supposed to be." Kamala said.
"Just look within yourself Kamala and you'll know who you're meant to be." Spider-Man said.
"Do you believe everyone is ready to accept me as I am?" Kamala said.
"I'm not sure, but one thing I do know is that the world has changed a lot in three years and it's still changing, maybe it needs another change, and that change could come from you, Kamala. You just need to believe in yourself and have the will to keep on going. Trust me, I know you can do this Kamala, I believe in you." Spider-Man said.
Kamala smiled as Spider-Man gave her some great advice and has faith in her to be a great hero.
(West Bergen Neighborhood)
Nakia is riding her bicycle through the neighborhood heading on home until she hits the brakes to see her classmate Zoe Zimmer crossing the street and heading on to her home disappearing past the corner, Nakia didn't get much time talking to Zoe about her breakup due to her worries about this sudden appearance of a muslim superhero, she quietly rides around the corner but she stopped as Zoe stopped upon seeing someone heading her way, Nakia got off the bike and hid herself behind the corner, Zoe is startled as she pulls out her pepper spray from her purse as this new supervillain came into plain view.
"Stop right there or I will use this." Zoe holding up pepper spray.
He raise his hands up. "I mean you no harm, Zoe Zimmer."
Zoe still holding up pepper spray. "How do you know my name?"
He slowly moves his hands to his helmet and unlocks it, he slowly pulls it off his head and revealed his identity before Zoe's eyes, it's none other than her ex-boyfriend Josh Richardson, Nakia is still hiding nearby as she's stunned to find out that Josh is the new supervillain causing trouble who just fought against the new hero recently, she got worried for Zoe's safety as she pulls out her phone and makes a call.
(Circle Q)
Bruno is still searching on the computer for any leads until Kamala's phone on the desk is ringing, he checks the caller ID to see it's Nakia.
Bruno picked up the phone and spins the seat around. "Kamala, it's Nakia."
Kamala took the phone and answered the call. "Hey Nakia, sorry I didn't call you earlier, I was..."
"That's not important Kamala, just listen me very carefully." Nakia sounded distressed.
"Are you okay?" Kamala is worried.
"I'm here in West Bergen and the new bad guy from TV, he's here too." Nakia said.
"Wait, that bad guy, he's there right now?" Kamala is surprised and caught Spider-Man and Bruno's attention.
"And you're not going to believe it, it's Josh!" Nakia said.
"Josh? As in Zoe's ex Josh?" Kamala is even more surprised.
"Who's Josh?" Spider-Man said quietly.
"Nakia, what's he doing there?" Kamala said.
"He's here with Zoe, listen to me very carefully, call the police, I think something is about go down right now." Nakia said.
"I'll make sure this gets to them, but in the meantime stay hidden and don't let him see you." Kamala hangs up.
"Am I hearing this right? It's Josh?" Bruno said.
"Okay, can some tell me who's Josh?" Spider-Man is confused.
"Joshua Richardson, he's goes to our school." Kamala said.
"In other words, he's a juvenile, that's just great." Spider-Man isn't amused.
"Dang, he goes through a break up and now he's on a crime spree, this guy is unhinged." Bruno said.
"What else can you can me about him?" Spider-Man said.
"The guy is an athlete and he's got black belts in Karate and Eskrima." Bruno said.
"In other words, he's knows how to fight, this might things difficult." Spider-Man said.
"We have to go now, Zoe and Nakia could be in serious danger." Kamala said.
"And so is anyone else in the neighborhood, you saw what this guy did earlier, he's not going to care about the damage he causes." Spider-Man said.
"Bruno, any chance you can let the police know? Anonymously of course." Kamala said.
"I can do that." Bruno said.
"You sure you're ready for this Kamala?" Spider-Man said.
Kamala is nervous. "I won't lie, I'm still nervous, but I can't stand by and do nothing while my friend Nakia and Zoe are in real danger." Kamala said.
"Kamala..." Spider-Man is concerned.
"You once told me that I got the heart of a hero... did you mean it?" Kamala wants honesty.
"Every word." Spider-Man being sincere.
"This is who I am." Kamala said.
"Then it's time to show everyone the hero you are, Kamala. Let's go fight a baddie." Spider-Man raised his fist up.
Kamala smiled as she raised her fist and bumps with Spider-Man as they're about to team up to stop this villain and save her friends, Kamala is going out as her herself this time.
(West Bergen Neighborhood)
Nakia is still hiding behind the corner of the building to see Josh in his tech suit as Zoe is still shocked upon this revelation.
"Josh... I can't believe this, all this time it was you, you're that guy who robbed that armored car, the one who hurt that hero." Zoe is stunned.
"Why do you care about some wannabe in a costume?" Josh said.
"At least she was doing something good, unlike you, you're hurting people!" Zoe said.
"Everything I did was to impress you, I stole my dad's tech so that I could show you I be something greater!" Josh protested.
"Can't believe I'm hearing this! Josh, it's like I don't even know you anymore. I didn't care about the popularity!" Zoe protested.
"Stop lying to yourself Zoe, that all you've ever cared about, you always wanted popularity, you wanted it more than I did, you even pushed away those you called your friends." Josh protested.
Zoe is stunned as these words affected her deeply. "You're right... that was my mistake, at least I did have real friends who cared about me, who supported me, even when I didn't do the same, if I ever had the chance, I want them to know that I'm truly sorry, they were the best friends I've ever had."
Nakia is hiding and listening to Zoe's sincere words, she could tell that she's regretting her actions upon her and Kamala, this is really getting to Zoe.
"Too bad you're not going to have a chance, you're coming with me." Josh grabbed Zoe's wrist and pulls her away walking.
Zoe trying to get loose from his grip "Hey, let go of me!"
Nakia steps out of hiding. "Let her go Josh!"
Josh stopped upon seeing Nakia. "Stay out of this!"
"It's too late, I've already called the police and told them everything, there's nowhere for you to go, Josh." Nakia said.
"How unfortunate." Josh raised his gauntlet and powers up. "You should've stayed out of this while you had the chance."
Nakia is frightened as she being threatened, Zoe couldn't let this happen as she still has the pepper spray in her hand, she sprayed it on Josh's eyes and made his yell in pain as he felt the burn, Zoe strikes back with a knee to Josh's gut and he lost his grip, Zoe took the chance to escape and runs towards Nakia.
"RUN!" Zoe is running.
Zoe and Nakia are running away together as Josh is wiping off his eyes and felt nothing but rage, he got his sight back, barely as he picked up his helmet and puts it back on, Zoe and Nakia are still running as Josh is chasing after them, he unleashed a light fist from his gauntlet and sends it towards the ground as it nearly hit Nakia, only to knock her off balance as she fell down and twisted her ankle, Zoe stopped to see Nakia is hurt.
"Nakia." Zoe is worried.
Zoe runs back to help Nakia who is hurt, but their biggest worry is Josh all helmeted up and standing right before them.
"Big mistake Zoe!" Josh said.
"Don't do this Josh!" Zoe pleaded.
"I have no choice, because of her my secret is out, there's no turning back from this, I'm like this because of you!" Josh pulls out his sword. "I'm sorry Zoe, this is how it ends."
Josh is consumed with rage and hatred as he knows there's no going back after this, Zoe and Nakia are powerless as Josh is about to strike upon them, but all of a sudden a large fist was thrown and knocked Josh back with so much force, he crashed himself against a tree, Zoe and Nakia look back to see the new superhero in the company of Spider-Man, they saved their lives in time, Kamala still in disguise is relieved they're saved.
All of a sudden, JCPD arrived at the scene and closed off the area, some people around the neighborhood are coming out to see two superheroes here about to do battle against a supervillain who is recovering, the news crew came to the scene and starting recording the event live.
(Islamic Masjid of Jersey City)
The muslim community at the mosque gathered around to watch the events happening on live TV, the new Muslim superhero is there in the company of Spider-Man as they're about to stop this villain from causing anymore trouble, among the crowd is Sheikh Abdullah along with the boy and his mother, the boy got to see the superhero who saved his life yesterday night.
(Khan Residence)
At the Khan house, Yusuf and his wife Muneeba Khan are at the table with their son Aamir and his girlfriend Tyesha having dinner until their moment got interrupted by the live news being played on TV in the living room, everyone got up and went to see the new Muslim superhero with Spider-Man, for some reason that young girl intrigued the Khan family for some reason they can't quite figure out, all they can do for now is watch.
(West Bergen Neighborhood)
Josh got himself back up on his feet and is even angrier to see two heroes here before his eyes causing his trouble, especially since they're getting all the attention than him, Kamala is still feeling unease as she knows this person she's fighting against is around her age, Spider-Man picked up on her expression.
"You okay?" Spider-Man said.
"Yeah, just... can't believe he go this far." Kamala said.
"I know, but he made his choice, all we can do is stop him before this gets out of hand, for everyone's sake and for his." Spider-Man said.
"You're right." Kamala agrees.
"You two again?! You both interfered for the last time!" Josh said.
"Give it up Josh, it's over." Kamala said.
"Don't call me that ever again, I'm no longer that guy, this is who I am now, who I'm meant to be... call me... Discord!" Josh goes by Discord.
"I'm sorry this is how it has to be, but we'll stop you no matter what." Kamala said.
"Just try." Discord said.
Kamala has her fist ready as Spider-Man unleashed his four spider legs from his suit and impressed her.
"Whoa, that's new." Kamala said.
Discord launched a solid light punch as the two heroes as they split up, Spider-Man is jumping around and firing some webbing, Discord pulls out his sword and slashes the webbing easily before they could ever hit him, Discord strikes back with a plasma blast at Spider-Man, his spider legs gave him an extra boost and jumped him away from the wall, Kamala took the opportunity to strike with a stretched punch and knocked Discord off his feet as his gauntlet missed and fired up towards a billboard above the building Nakia and Zoe are standing in front of, it hit the support holding it place as the screws are loosing.
Discord still has his feet standing as he fired off some shocking bolas at Kamala and entangled her, shocking her with voltage, Spider-Man could see she's in trouble as Discord is rushing towards her with a sword to finish her off, he swings his sword but Spider-Man jumped in and summoned his web shield from his wrist and blocks the plasma sword strike, protecting Kamala as she's still down. Discord is still holding his sword in place attempting to reach Spider-Man but the shield remained strong, Discord then fired some bolas at Spider-Man's legs and caught him off guard, he got tangled and shocked with voltage as he fell down in pain.
Discord chuckled as he's pleased that he's able to best two enhanced individuals with just his technology along, he looked upon the female hero still in pain but he plans to save her for later, he turns his attentions towards Spider-Man still tangled in a bola, meanwhile Zoe is attempting to help Nakia up on her feet but the pain she's feeling is too strong, making Nakia fall down, but their biggest worry is the billboard above their heads losing it footing and soon to coming falling down upon them.
"Zoe, run! Leave me!" Nakia telling Zoe to go.
"I'm not leaving you Nakia! Not this time!" Zoe refused to leave.
Zoe is attempting to help Nakia back up but she's still feeling the pain in her ankle, causing her to fall back down, but they don't have much time left as the billboard is about to come crashing down upon them, Kamala is terrified her friends are in real danger, Spider-Man is still trapped in the bola just like her as Discord is about to make his move to finish the hero off once and for all, the people around the neighborhood are stunned and scared for what's about to happen, Kamala is feeling down that she can't do anything to help them.
"I'm sorry." Kamala said quietly and teared up.
"Kamala... good is not a thing you are, it's a thing you do." Yusuf Khan's words.
"You've got heart, Kamala Khan... the heart of a hero." Spider-Man's words.
Kamala remembered those words and took them to heart, she found the strength to get back up despite being restrained, she won't give up no matter what.
"You can do this... I will do this..." Kamala took a deep breath as she's about to perform something extraordinary, she then yells out. "EMBIGGEN!"
The billboard above the building finally got loose and falls down as Zoe and Nakia are closing their eyes and waiting for their fates to end, but suddenly something extraordinary has happened before everyone's eyes, the people in the neighborhood are stunned, Spider-Man still trapped is surprised by what she accomplished, Discord turns and gasp upon seeing something unexpected, Zoe and Nakia had their eyes opened to find out they're still alive, they look up above their heads to see the superhero has enlarged herself and caught the billboard in time.
Spider-Man looks stunned. "Whoa, that's new."
Kamala still enlarged is holding the billboard up, she's raising it back up to the rooftop and set it aside as Nakia and Zoe are smiling upon this hero saving their lives, everyone in the neighborhood applauded loudly for her heroic actions, Discord is shocked by all the appraise she's getting from the crowd and this affected him deeply.
"No..." Discord get's angrier and launched his solid light fists. "NO, I CAN STILL BEAT YOU!"
Kamala was caught off guard and got hit in the head by Discord's solid light fists from his gauntlets, she crashed her back against the building as dust formed around the place, Discord is waiting to see if he got her, but he too was caught off guard as big hands stretched out and grabbed his gauntlets, she's shrinking herself back down to regular size but she's showed courage and fearlessness in her eyes, her enlarged hands began to crush his gauntlets with so much strength, taking away his weapons and leaving Discord powerless, she lets go of the crushed gauntlets and took off his helmet to show everyone his face, he's afraid but still angry.
"You think you've prove something? You really think you're good enough in their eyes?" Discord still being stupid.
"No... cause good isn't a thing you are." Kamala being fearless.
Kamala then strikes Discord with a single punch and sent him flying towards a car, knocking him out cold as everyone cheered for her success, Spider-Man has finally gotten loose as the bolas have disappeared and sees that Kamala was able to step up in the moment and saved everyone's lives including his own.
(Islamic Masjid of Jersey City)
"YEAH!" Sheikh Abdullah cheered loudly for the success of the hero as it caught everyone's attention, he felt embarrassed in that moment. "I mean... good job, whoever she is."
Sheikh Abdullah is still feeling the embarrassment he showed in front of everybody, but everyone is happy for this hero, including the boy who was saved thanks to her, he smiled as she's his hero.
(Khan Residence)
"Who is she anyway?" Tyesha Hillman asking.
"I don't know, too bad Kamala isn't here, she would've loved to see this." Aamir Khan smiled.
Yusuf and Muneeba are happy for this hero stepping up, for some reason they can't help but be proud of what she's accomplished, this mysterious girl still intrigued them for some unknown reason.
(Circle Q)
Bruno smiled upon seeing Kamala's accomplishment on the news. "Way to go Kamala, you did it."
(West Bergen Neighborhood)
The paramedics are checking out the injury on Nakia's ankle in the company of Zoe, meanwhile JCPD are putting cuffs on Josh Richardson for his crimes as Discord, they're taking him to the cruiser as he looks upon the hero responsible for his downfall, he won't forget this humiliation because of her, the cops put Josh in the back of the cruiser and drove away from the scene, there's still a lot of people and reporters who are eager to speak with the hero, Kamala is feeling lightheaded as the toll from growing big is catching up to her, she's barely maintaining herself but Spider-Man caught her before she fell.
"Easy, I gotcha. You okay?" Spider-Man helping Kamala.
"Yeah, just growing takes a lot out of me, it's making me feel hungry." Kamala said.
Spider-Man smirked. "Okay, we'll get you something to eat, my treat."
Kamala smiled but she looks upon her Nakia still having her ankle bandaged by paramedics, she's relieved that her friend is going to be okay, Zoe walks up to meet the hero who saved their lives, Kamala is feeling nervous as to what to say, so far no one knows who she is underneath the eye mask.
"Who are you?" Zoe asking for her name.
Kamala remained quiet as she's thinking of a name for herself, she thought about what Spider-Man said about her being a Marvel of sorts, she smiled as she got though up a perfect name.
"My name is... Ms. Marvel." Kamala calling herself Ms. Marvel.
"Thank you... Ms. Marvel." Zoe is very grateful to Ms. Marvel.
Ms. Marvel smiles upon being thanked by Zoe Zimmer, she looks at her friend Nakia smiling as she too is grateful for Ms. Marvel, all of a sudden a lot of reporters are calling out her name wanting an interview, Spider-Man looked upon Ms. Marvel and he's very impressed, she's accepted herself as she is, that's the real Kamala Khan, Ms. Marvel looks back at Spider-Man as he gave her a thumbs up, Ms. Marvel smiled and gave a thumbs up back.
Later around 9:34 PM on top of the rooftop of Circle Q, Spider-Man and Ms. Marvel are sitting together having gyro after a hard day's work of apprehending Discord and saving two of Kamala's classmates, Ms. Marvel needed it after exhausting herself from the fight, Spider-Man has his mask partially pulled halfway as he took a bite out of the gyro in his hand and chews.
"Mmm, this is just like shawarma." Spider-Man likes the gyro.
"Shawarma?" Ms. Marvel said.
"It's just like gyro, I just don't know what's the difference, I'll take you to a decent shawarma place if you're ever in New York." Spider-Man said.
"I'll hold you to that." Ms. Marvel took a bite.
"So... Ms. Marvel, huh?" Spider-Man said.
"This is my destiny. Are you sure that she'll be okay with me using the name Marvel?" Ms. Marvel asking.
"I'm sure, if anything she'll be honored, after seeing you out there, you're definitely worthy of the name." Spider-Man said.
Ms. Marvel smiled. "I'd never imagined that people would accept me as I am."
"Are you a little worried some might criticize you?" Spider-Man said.
"A bit... but I won't let that stop me from doing what I know in my heart is right, I'm going to keep on doing good, just like you." Ms. Marvel said.
Spider-Man felt touched by her words. "You're making tear up under the mask, you know that?"
Ms. Marvel smiled. "Thank you, for believing in me."
"Always... anyway, I should get going, New York isn't going to look after itself without it's Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man." Spider-Man said.
"Am I going to see you again?" Ms. Marvel said.
"Of course, I'll still be coming around often, checking up on your progress, making sure you get the hang of this hero business." Spider-Man said.
"So you're gonna like mentor me or something?" Ms. Marvel said.
"You could say that, it's pretty much what I do these days. But you shouldn't worry, I don't thinking trouble will be coming around your neighborhood anytime soon, but if it did, Jersey City is lucky to have it's own Friendly Neighborhood hero like you protecting it." Spider-Man said.
Ms. Marvel smile. "Can I have a selfie with you before you go?"
Spider-Man sighed with a smile. "Okay, just one."
Spider-Man pulls his mask down as he gets up along with Ms. Marvel pulling out her smartphone, she stands next to Spider-Man as she stretched out her arm to get a better angle for the selfie.
"Ready? One, two, three." Ms. Marvel counting down.
Ms. Marvel took the selfie and pulls her arm back, showing the selfie of her with Spider-Man on their first team up.
"This is perfect, thanks." Ms. Marvel said.
"Sure... see ya around, Ms. Marvel." Spider-Man said.
"You too, Spidey." Ms. Marvel said.
Spider-Man and Ms. Marvel bumped their fists before departing ways, Spider-Man jumps off the rooftop and swings away from the Circle Q heading on back home to New York, Ms. Marvel is happy that she got to embrace the hero she's meant to be and this is only the beginning for her, she started something on this day.
The day is November 8th around 8:01 AM at Coles Academic High School as Kamala and Bruno are walking through the hallway as they've spotted a locker that once belonged to Josh being cleared out after he was taken into custody by JCPD, but everyone is on their phones looking at footages of Ms. Marvel in action, apparently she's been making a name for herself and got everyone's attention, but they spotted their friend Nakia coming their way with a brace on her right foot moving around with crutches.
"Nakia, I heard about what happened, are you okay?" Kamala so worried.
"I'm fine, just a sprained ankle, just gotta keep it easy for a week and I'll be good." Nakia said.
"I'm just glad that you're alright." Kamala said.
"It's actually thanks to Ms. Marvel that I'm still here, she was the real hero." Nakia smiled.
Kamala smiled upon hearing her best friend complimenting her, coming down the hallway is Zoe Zimmer in her new t shirt.
"Hi." Zoe being friendly.
"Zoe, I heard you were there with Nakia, I'm glad you're okay too." Kamala said.
"We both are." Bruno said.
"Thanks... listen, I... I wanted to apologize to you both, I've been mean, very mean, you've both my bestest friends and I've neglected you, can you both forgive me?" Zoe apologizing to Nakia and Kamala.
"Of course I forgive you, there's the Zoe Zimmer I knew." Nakia accepted her apology.
"I forgive you too, never thought you'd have such a sweet side to you, Zoe." Kamala said.
"Yeah well, I'm not that cold. So, friends?" Zoe said.
"Friends." Nakia said.
"Friends." Kamala said.
Zoe, Nakia, and Kamala all got together for a hug as they've restarted their friendship together, Bruno is feeling a bit left out as he coughed.
"You're forgetting someone?" Bruno said.
"Oh, I'm sorry to you too, Bruno. You are a cool guy, even if you are a bit dorky." Zoe smiled as Nakia and Kamala giggled.
"Hey! But it's fine, I'll take it as a compliment." Bruno smiled.
Kamala and Nakia broke off the group hug as they see Zoe wearing a t shirt with the symbol of Ms. Marvel on it.
"I like your shirt." Kamala said.
"Yeah, she's crazy, but she's awesome." Zoe talking about Ms. Marvel.
"She is, she's a great hero." Nakia complimented Ms. Marvel.
Kamala smiled upon hearing these words from her friends until the school bell rang, Zoe, Bruno, Nakia, and Kamala all headed towards class, Kamala smiled upon seeing the impact Ms. Marvel had on everyone's life, including Zoe and Nakia who accepted her as she is.
Later around 4 PM at the Circle Q, Bruno is at the register doing his job as Peter Parker is filling up the cup of cherry slushie, he finished closing the lid as he went over to pick up an issue of the Daily Bugle titled "MS. MARVEL: THE HERO OF JERSEY CITY" with a picture taken by himself as he managed to capture a shot of her, Peter smiled as he felt proud for her, he took the paper along with the slushie as he went over to the register and paid Bruno for both items.
"Keep the change." Peter said.
"Thank you." Bruno said as Kamala came into the store. "Hey Kamala, just about to be on break."
"Okay, see ya in a bit." Kamala said.
Bruno is leaving the on break sign next to the register as he's leaving and heading upstairs, Kamala sees a young guy in a black jacket holding a newspaper with a picture of Ms. Marvel on the front page.
"What do you think about her?" Kamala asking about Ms. Marvel.
"Oh, I think she's amazing." Peter said.
"Yes she is, everyone seems to like her, after all the good she's done." Kamala smiled.
"Yeah, after all... good is not a thing you are, it's a thing you do." Peter smiled.
Kamala's eyes widen upon hearing these exact words and looks upon Peter looking cool with a warm smile, she knew that there's only one other person other than her father and Bruno who knew these words.
"You're..." Kamala still in shock.
"See ya around kid." Peter said as he leaving while slurping his slushie.
Peter left the Circle Q as Kamala is still processing this revelation, she knew in her heart that this was Spider-Man without his mask, she smiled as she finally got the met the man behind the mask, he seemed to trust her enough to reveal his identity.
Later around 5:34 PM at the Khan Residence, Kamala is in her bedroom fully dressed up as Ms. Marvel, gazing upon herself in the mirror with a smile, but she was too distracted to noticed that her mother had the door open and finds her daughter dressed up as a hero, Kamala frown up seeing her mother in the reflection as her secret has been discovered.
Muneeba Khan is stunned. "WHAT THE..."
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